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CHASE BANK CASE.

CONTINUATION OF HEARING

OF BIG CLAIM

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1932.

TAIPO BRIBERY CHARGE

DEFENCE SUBMISSIONS QUTLINED

BLANK DENIAL

The trial of Acting Sub-Inspec- tor H. Waller, charged with

HIGHWAY ROBBERY.

COOLIE HELD UP ON CHAI WAN ROAD

•

Three armed bandits, one of whom wore a heavy white mask. hold up Chu Lai, provision coolio, on the Chai Wan road lato yoster- day afternoon and robbed him of $40.

Chu was coming from Capo d'Aguilar when he was ambushed

peared to be the lender carried a dagger and callod upon the coolla to stop. He was supported by two other mon, one carrying a hammer and the other a polo.

Tho proceedings at the Supreme Court in which the Chano Bánk is auing the Yuo Yau firm of Hong- Kong in respect of a bill 'of ex- change for yen 100,000 were con- tinued before the Chief Justice (Sir Joseph Komp) yesterday when Mr. H. G. Sholdon, instructed by Mr. Davidson, of Messrs. Haste demanding and receiving a bribe ings, Dennys and Bowley, for of $50, was resumed before Mr.by the robbers. Que, who ap the plaintifla, continued his cross-F. H. Williams, District Officer, at examination of Mr. To Tze-yuen. the Talpo Court, yesterday. managing partner of the defen- In opening the defence, Mr. Hall dant firm.

Brutton said that Waller's would be a blank denial of the charge, and be proposed calling fokis from the Chan Cheung shop as witnesses who would say that Waller was not in the shop at the time when he was alleged to have boon found by the detective and handed the bribe by Ho Kłu.

Mr. Eldon Potter, K.C., and Mr. F. C. Jenkin, instructed by Mr. Loseby, of Measta, Russ and Co., apppared for the defence.

Mr. Shaldon: Did you have any speculation in exchange or ahares with Charlie Choa7-1 sold exchango to the bank and bought exchange from them.

case

Wong Po, manter of the Chan What were these transactions? Choung medicine shop, an elder of Were they because you wanted the district and chairman of the money to pay for goods or or local Merchants Guild, who was

of all his

Chu was searched and robbed disappeared into the hills. So far money. The thloves no arrests have been made.

TO SWELL FUNDS OF M.C.L.

dinary business or were they for the first witness called by Mr.BRIDGE AND WHIST DRIVE AT

profit.

Between June 30 and July 20 did you purchase $264,800 and be cause the exchange went against

Tin Kock.

market

man,

POLICE STATION

The police branch of the Minis-

the purpose of making money if Brutton, sald he bad known the the exchange went in your favour, accused" for number of years. In fact were the exchanges "gam-On October 2, which was bling" transactions7--Both. Buy day, witness continued, he was in tering Children's League organised exchange to pay for goods also to the shop until 2 p.m. when he left a whist and bridge tournament at buy exchange in order to make a to return to his village home at the Central Police Station Inst In the street, he met Chan Chiu,night. The prizes were presented in charge of the local fire cagine, by Mrs. E.D.C. Wolfe, wife of the who was then engaged in street behalf of the gathering, the D.I. Inspector General of Police. On you you lost $16,643?—Yes. cleaning. While he was engaged G.F. Mr. T. H. King welcomed Mrs.

Were the transactions between in conversation with this you and Charlie Chon 7-When I Waller and the Chinese detective Wolfe back to the Colony and thank- was dealing with Charlie Choa I passed by. Upon seeing the In-ed her for attending the function. took it to be as representative of spector, witness asked him to al the bank.

low his subordinate to go with Is it a fact that the bank asked Cha Chiu to collect the money for you to pay the $16,649 and that the street cleaning. That was the eventually settlement was made first time that day ho saw the ac to pay the $10,643 less the $3,000 cused. Waller had not been to which yesterday you said Charlie his shop at any time that morn- Choa owed you?-I do not know. Ing. He had not been in the room The matter was dealt with by my above the shop. It was also the solicitor. How it Was Bottled rat time that, day that he saw I do not know.

Account Book Produced,

Ling Sam. Also he had not seen Ho Kiu that morning. If, as was alleged, Ling Sam had gone to the Mr. Sheldon produced an ac-shop and called up to the Inspec- count book, the property of tor in the room, witness would Charlie Chon, which showed that have heard it and would have also on June 23 he was paid $5,000 by seen the person who called to the defendant.

Inspector.

Defendant stated that when he Idrew money personally he initiall

ed the account book, but when he paid in money it was initialled by the cashier in the compradore's department.

Mr. Sheldon: Where is the initial against the sum of $5,000 you paid Chon on June 237-In a

CARO where there is no initial

against an entry a slip of paper in the form of a receipt was issued. The receipt was returned the next time I went to draw money.

Every time money was drawn your foki received a receipt from

Yes.

Knew Waller.

tournament

The prizewinners in the whiat Mrs. Sabey and Mrs. Brown. Mr. were--Mrs. Moas, Fitzhenry Mr. Rodgers, Mr. Sabey. Bagley, Mrs. Tinson, Mrs. Russell. The bridge winners were Mrs. Mr. Langley, Mr. Roberts, Mr. Els-

ton.

NOCTURNAL VISIT

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PROWLING ROUND PRIME MINISTER'S GARDEN

London, Nov. 2. A stranger visitant to the Pre- In answer to Mr. Fraser, wit-mier's residence at Hampstead, ness said he had known Waller for Ivan Seruya, described as a Bri- six or seven years. He had known tish subject, a student aged 19, accused when he was with the was remanded for a week without Water. Police and accused

had ball at the Hampstead Polico visited him at his village home and Court to-day on a charge of being signed a visitors' book witnesa in the garden of the Promlor's kept. They were on good terms.

house for an unlawful purpose. Mr. Fraser: Ho was a frequent A constable in evidence sald visitor? No, only occasionally. he arrested Seruya in the garden when he would chat with me. at 8 o'clock in the morning. Ho You Invited him to tes, I sup- had a brick in his hand and two pose?—Yes.

others under his arm. He said he just came in to look round.

Asked what he was doing with

witness said that Waller

In answer to another question, also

Ho

the Compradors department?-vfalted him: In his shop at Talpo the bricks he said "Playing with

Market, and had been to the roam them."—Reuter. And you have none of these re- upstairs. He could not remember ceipts in your possession?-No. the last occasion on which he in- They were all returned when vited Waller in, but it must have went to draw money out.

It was in the street that he anw been a long time ago. On December 30 and 31, 1929, aure that it was not on October 2.viously stated, when he was on his Was Waller that day, as he had pre- you paid in $116,000 to Charlie the day on which he was alleged way back to his home at Tin Kock. to have received a bribe from Flo He did not know what happened Kiu.

to Waller after he loft him. He did not know whether Waller {afterwards went to the room above

the shop.

Chos 7-Yea.

Why have you no banking ac- count with such large sume going in and out of your hands?-For convenience sako. If I opened an account with the bank it would be very awkward sometimes if I wanted money hurriedly. The money was only left there tem- porarily,

Yes.

Witness was questioned at length regarding various accounts entered in Charlie Choa's account book,

(Continued on Next Columna.)

They asked for a thirty day ox- tension.

Not in Shop,

Mr. Sheldon: It appears from

In answer to another question, that letter that Kobe was hard witnces said most of that morni up and financially depressed. ing was spent by him in the room Witness: The letter was dated above the shop. When not in the April 19 and the due date for room he would be in the shop, meeting this bill was not until and from where he looked after

The only security you had was the account book of Choa's and receipts based on the honesty of the Compradoro department? two or three weeks later. By that his business he could have seen time the position might have im- anyone who entered and went up- proved. It is only a precautionary tairs. It might possible for step taken by the writer of that him not to have seen anyone go letter that we should do this or up to the room from the back door, that. It does not mean that the but he believed that was impro Mr. Sheldon then read a letter | nosition would be just an bad when bable as the back door was gen- from Formosa to defendant on the day for taking up the bill erally kept locked. April 12 and asked if at that time was due. There was already an A number of fokla from tho the Formosa firm was hard press-extension of one month in connex- ed financially-Witness: Yes. ion with the transaction, so I did Another letter dated April 19 not do as requested and ask for from Formosa was read which another extension. stated that they had received n letter from the Kobe firm, with reference to bill for $100,000, regretting that they would be un- able to collect all the money due on the rice drafts and so would After further questioning, the

unable to make payments, 'case was again adjourned.

bo

FRECKLES AND HIS FRIENDS

It looks as though the Kobe firm was hard up doesn't it?-No. That was only the opinion of the Formosa Arm. For all we knew It may have been true or not.

same shop gave evidence in cor- roboration of the point that Wal- lor was not in the shop that day. Nelther, they say, had they Been Llag Sam the detective, nor Ho Kiu, declaring that if Ling Sam had called out to the Inspector in the room above, they would have heard it.

The case was adjourned until to-morrow.

In Again, Out Again!

OUR BRITISH CROSSWORDS

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crank, for instance,

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duty,

4.List of candidates.

An official who is worth very little.

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the

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here.

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23 If I loft blank space hare

'twould serve.

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29 A drug that takes a brave man

in.

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