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SOLDIER HAS TWO SENTENCES.

FOR DESERTION AND FOR ASSAULT.

MONDAY, MAY 18, 1931.

defendant when he deserted, and they had lived in one of the rail- way carriages. Witness went, to- gothor with Keenan, Into tho Intrine to search for the people who had stolen their goods. Wit neas chased one Chinese while the denfendant pursued the complain- fant. Witness did not see any-

thing of the alleged assaulte.

Portuguese Witness

The experience of having military term of detention as well RS a civil sentence e imprison- iment at one and the same time. fell to the lot of Private Robort Keenan, who በዶ before Mr. Hamilton, at the Kowloon Maglsboen present. tracy on Saturday morning, and

The defendant said that he had Portuguese witnesa who had wns then put

sent la gnol on a charge of assault into the witness box.

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Before the witness gave evid result of the civil penalty impos-

ence ed, was discussed at length by Mr.that he was not bound to give any his Worship warned him Hamilton and an officer of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlan-vidence which might incriminate ders, of which Regiment Keenan him in the crime of assisting a deserter. His Worship did not is a private. Is Worship point- know if the witness was aware ed out that prisoner having been that it was a crime to nanist, de- brought before a civil court ho (the magistrate) could not take erters but it was. cognizance of any military sen- tence passed on the man.

If he had appreciated the position he fore The defendant was tried he would have remanded the ngrused from week to week until such tine na his military team hnd ex- pired.

It transpired, however, that the witness was not the person who had been on the scene when the assault took place nor could be supply the name of the boy who had been there.

The defendant, in reply to his Worship, and that he did not wish to have a remand to find the

The defendant was charged on two counts, the first that he equa-boy.

ed grievous holily harm and, ul- His Worship dismissed the first ternatively, that eaulted charge--but convicted-on-the- Lau Hon-ying, an apprentice of second. After remarking that at the Kowloon Canton Railway, by the time of the occurrence the de- striking him in the mouth with n fendant, who was a deserter, was stone at Holt's wharf on Wednes- living where he had no right to, hia Worship pointed out certain discrepancies in the evidence of

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In answer to the two counts the

defendant and that he had thrown the defendant and that of his wit

The stone in self-slefence.

Prosecution's Story.

The complaint. in evidence, said that he hal been in the latrine at Hall's Wharf at 10. m.

neas. In any case, whether the complainant had taken the things or not the defendant had no right to thrown stone at him, which might have killed him.

"I don't know if you get away story like that in the continued his Worship.

on Wednesday last when the de- with n fendant went in and, after search-Army,"

ing his pockels, struck him across "but you don't get away with it the mouth and kicked his hand. here. You told me a pack of leá." The defendant was dressed in His Worship said that he would eivifian clothes and, when witness give the defendant the option of run out., he was followed by the fine, Imposing a penalty of $25 defendant who throw a stone at for three weeks' hard labour, to him, steikina witness in the gether with $10 rompensation or

a further week. mouth.

On the

The complainant's father, who

Civil Sentence First. was a witness of the later part of the incident, corroborated his son, The defendant's officer in enurt while the story was further subthen mentioned that the defendant stantiated by another workman of was undergoing a sentence in the railway.

miliinry custody for desertion and the Adjutant had asked that de- complainant being re- called he stated, in reply to halsenannt be taken back to barracks Worship, that he attended an iden-after the case. tification parade at the Shumahul- His Worship remarked that he po Camp on Friday and picked out was sorry but after having been the defendant Witness denied brought before civil court the that he had stolen anything be- defendant would have to serve his longing to the defendant.

rivil sentence first.

After further discussion, his Detective Sab-Inspector A. 11.

the case for Elston. who conducted the case Worship adjourned for the Crown, remarked that that five minutes, and, on returning, but there was asked the defendant if he had any Was the case Portuguese boy, who had given money at the Barracks to pay the the defendant food whilst he was fine. in hiding for a few days,

The defendant replied in His Worship: That's not evi-negative. dence.

the

His Worship remarked that he would have to go to prison, but Desserted His Regiment.

pointed out that if at any time he The defendant then elected to could pay the fine or if the fine give evidence on oath. He said were paid, it would be in propor that the complainant and others tion to the length of sentence he had stolen his meat and clothing had already served before pay- from mailway carriage in whichment was made. It was possible, he and another soldier had hern continued his Worship. that the sleeping.

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His Worship: What were you doing in the currlage?

Witness: We hnd deserted from Camp.

Continuing. witness and that the day before the incident, the two soldiers had been given some ent by a Portuguese boy and the Chinese had been seen to steal it whilst the two men were having a swim. They had also lost their clothing and other articles.

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fine would be paid after the de- Fendunt had been in prison for a day or two. Having been given into the custody of the civil caurt his Worship could nut now release

him.

Addressing Sub-inspector Els- on his Worship remarked that he thought the case should have been brought after the defendant had served his military scatence. He did not previously know that it was anything more than milltary custody that the defendunt was in. Witness went into the string lle did not know he was under de-

Wednesday morning and searched the complainant to sec whether he had any razor blades which had also been stolen. He found none but the complainant jumped up and ran out before ac cused was able to seizo him. Not being able to catch him defendant. "chucked" a stone at the com- plainant.

Pte. Jahn Gilmar, who was call- ed by the defendant to give evid- ence, said that he was with the

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