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WALLER FOUND NOT GUILTY

UNANIMOUS VERDICT

RETURNED

After a hearing which has last- ed four whole days, the Wallor bribery case was brought to a close at the Criminal Sessions before the Chief Justice (Sir Joseph Kemp) yesterday afternoon when the jury, after a short retire- unanimous

ment, returned verdict of "Not Guilty."

•

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1932,

Ling Sam has stated you hand- ed him some eplum at 1.45 p.m. on the road by the reclamation. In that true? No. That is un- true. At that time I was stanil- Ing at the lower end of Fooshing, Bridge in conversation with Cheung Hing.

Witness denied over receiving $12 from Ling Sam or recolving n packet containing $60 from Ho

long-song.

Cross-Examination.

In answer to Mr. Fraser, de- Kendant said he spent 15 minutes at the drain, about 16 minutes finding the contractor, and the time he took going from the sta tion to tho dispensary. That would take him to about 10.45. He did not start street cleansing

until 11.30 a.m.

defendant, "I was talking to the "During that timo" explained master of the Yeo Woo shop about sanitary and personal matters. While I was there drank a bottle

of beer.

arrest them?

2,700 ALLEGED MASSACRED

AMAZING ACCOUNT FROM NANKING

TOKYO DENIAL

Nanking, Nov. 24. The cold-blooded murder of 2,760 Chinese, shot down by machine guns, and sub- sequent cremation by Japan- ese in Manchuria, is report- ed with a welter of detail to-day.

Tokyo denounces the story as a fabrication to in- fluence Geneva,

been issued by the Foreign Office The sensational statement has and published in Shanghai. It Istates that a Japanese detachment of the villages of Spingtingaan, recently ordered the inhabitants Chienchingpao and Litsckou, be

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1 Like ita sauce? 9 Over again.

Defendant's Movements. Defendant, in evidenco, said: I have been in charge of Taipo since March 20, 1932. On October 2, 1 chose to do street cleanalog which was entirely at my own discretion. I went out at about 10 am. in com pany with the detective, Ling Sam, and went to the dispensary in h scavenger's lane and poked about with a stick at a place whereson for secrecy in regard to these Mr. Fraser: What was the rea- thought to be a concreto drain. then sont Ling Sam to get a shovel hawkers if you did not want to to dig out the earth from the drain,

tween 10 and 16 miles north-east Witness: If I had come up the of Fushun, to assemble at a ditch We then went to Nam Sing Street read they could see me coming and west of Pingtingsan, while Japan- in Taipo Market to find a contractor so remove themselves inside the ese troops searched the villages named Nam Hong. After some shops. I only went through the for Chinese volunteers, with whom time we found him and I got the shop to come on them suddenly the villagers were suspected of detective to ask him to remove some I had instructions from the Dis-co-operating and harbouring, the big curb stones which I found had triet, Ofleer that I was to arrest Japanese promising a reward if been blocking the drain. It took one per week to keep their mind the villagers found innocent. some time to convince him it was on the fact that they were not quite in order to remove the stones prepared to sit in the street. The Japanese placed more than ad he had some idea that they were

10 machine guns 70 yards from the Government property. I then went swear they saw you in the cubicle ese to kneel with their backs to the have heard four people assemblage and ordered the Chin- to the

Yee Woo shop In Foo- of the Po Wah Tong. Can you

machine shing Street with the detective

kuns. Some villagers. Buggest any reason why they realising the fate in store for and then sent him

the should say that? to Fire Brigade to got the hoses

them, commenced to run, where- ready for the street washing.

upon, the machine guns opened (hidden). fire,

stampeding the mass of screaming men, women and chil- dren, The horrible clamour was heard for miles. A hundred and 60 escaped slightly hurt, 60 or 70 died while escaping, "while in fants, children and others not kill-31 ed by bullets were all bayonetted. As a result, altogether 2,700 children were men, women and

When he returned 1, told him to get the regular scavenging coolies to clean the street before the washing commenced. I would fix the time for washing to commence at 11.80

B.TO.

You

They are personal friends of Ho Hong-yang.

When was the first time you heard of opium being found there?

On October &

This concluded the evidence for

the defence.

His Lordship's Observations.

The Japanese soldiers then pil·

Denied In Tokyo

I then Inspected various premises which had pig-breeding houses, at the rear and made a patrol of the

The Chief Justice, in the course district. I spent some time in of his summing up made three Fooshing Street during the wash genoral observations to the jury, carnaged." ing generally supervising. I then namely: (1) that the Crown musted up the corpses, covered them left for the dispensary to see if the prove their case beyond all rea-with oll-soaked fuel and burned contractor lind begun to remove the sonable doubt and that suspicion stones and later returned to Foo-was not enough; (2) the offence of them to ashes. The Japanese then shing Street by way of En Foo which the accused was charged decided to use the villagers' farma Street. I went through the back was bribery with a view to in- for Japanese settlers.

Similar outrages and massacres of some shops into the street to fluencing him during his duty: chase hawkers. I passed through and (3) the question of corroborare reported from Tikwanpao, and three shops altogether to get from tion. In connexion with the third Wangshapao in the Linoynng area.

Reuter. one street to another."

point bis Lordship said there On one of these occasions he said were many discrepancies brought

Tokyo, Nov. 21, he passed through the shop he now out during the case. A good

A Foreign Office spokesman to- be the Po Wah Tong number of them were trivial but knew to shop.

several of them appeared to him duy absolutely denied the reports Saw No Oplum.

to be important. He thought the of the massacre and pointed out that the Fushun neighbourhood Defendant continued.-In pass-jury should exercise extreme ing through that shop I did not care in respect of the evidence of has recently been peaceful, neither the Japanese army nor bandite see any opium. I was not look- accomplices without corrobora- ing for opium. I just wanted to tion, but he felt in this case there being present.

He declared it was an outright | come upon the hawkera who in- was corroboration of the fact that sisted on placing their goods on the Inspector had been in the Pofabrication similar to the Tanaka memorial, to influence Geneva and the road way, which had just been Wah Tong shop.

pointed out that the same report washed. The

Several Iden was not to

other discrepancies arrest them but to chase them on were pointed out and in con-had been printed by the Chinese newspaper, Sin Wen Pao at Shang- to a piece of vacant land. I did clusion his Lordship stated: [bai on November 15-Reuter. not go into the cubicle in the

The defence has one thing shop. I am not sure whether strongly in its favour and that is Ling Sam was with me then, Dur- | that the defendant gave evidente ing that morning he was only with on path and called his witnesses me occasionally. I do not think at the earliest possible moment. he was with me when I went think all that ought to count for through these shops. After I had the righteousness of the defence, been through the Po Wah Tong I because it discloses straight away picked up Ling Sam in Fooshing what the defence is going to be. Street after the washing had The prosecution can then shape finished at about 2.05 p.m., in their case accordingly. If there order to return to the Station. is any weak point in the case it When I had picked up Ling Sam, can then be tested. That must be I was called over by the master reckoned in his favour. He called of the Cheung Chun shop who was that evidence again here includ then in conversation with the ing his own. You have heard foreman of the Fire Brigade. I him and his witnesses and you went over to him and Ling Sam have heard the witnesses for the went as well. The master told me Crown.

4. Excerpts from the Musical he had asked the foreman to col-

You may think that on the difComedy "The Song of the Drum." leet money from Fooshing Street. Aculties and discrepancies of the Princess" by Ancliffe.

5. Concert Valse: "The Dream We arrived at a figure of four or evidence of the Crown that the five cents per shop to cover the Crown case fails quite apart from whole of the expense of street any defence. If you do think it washing. The foreman thought fails then the verdict la "not the shop-keepers would perhaps guilty". You may do so or you not pay, and asked if tho detec-may not. If you think it does not tive might accompany him. I fail on the other hand you should then instructed the detective to go and ought to convict. But then you with the foreman and see there must regard the evidence of the do- was no trouble about the collec-fence. You have not, as I any, to bellovo' fully all the evidence of the

tion.

SUFFOLK BAND.

ANOTHER CONCERT TO-DAY AT EXCHANGE RESTAURANT

The band of H.M.S. Suffolk will give another concert in Exchange Restaurant (Lane Crawford's) at 8 p.m. to-day, when the pro- gramme will be as follows;

1. Standard,,

Overture by Suppe:- "Pique Dame."

2. A Nautical Selection on Popular Airs:-"A Life on the Ocean.""

3. An Egyption Serenade by Lincke:"Aming.”

6. "What's Next A Fascinating: Potpouri of Atelodies Recalling the last Half Century-Finck.

7. Intermezzo by Lotter:-"Secreta"! 8. Excerpts

from the Musical Comedy:-"The Desert Song:- Romberg,

God Save the King. Conductor, W. Lang, Bandmaster

R.M.B.

Mr. McNeill: Did you at any defence before you find him "not cused, then the accused must have time .on October 2 enter the guilty". If that evidence taken the benefit of that doubt. Cheung Chun shop or go upstairs with the evidence of the Crown The jury then adjourned and in that shop?

raises in your mind any reasonable brought in a verdict as recorded doubt about the guilt of the ac above.

Witness: No, I did not.

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10 Just the publication for a ware-

Iouac.

11 Merry: aided by the bottle, I'm

afraid. 12 Eggs conveyed by, road--by car,

of course.

14 You mustn't change this with-

out reference to the 12.

15 Large Russian salt lake, 16 Let's train it, the bus is terrib

ly slow and erratic at times 18 Compelled to render a favour, 21 It is necessary to have

faith,

the lie notwithstanding,

24 Piping: a salutary practice when the second letter in doubled. They make a grand piano. This meteor takes endless time Produced from any soll. in the covering.

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The idea ia to turn it in the middle of the morning.

33 Complete the home of many thousands for legal qualifica-

tion.

34 Whose children did the children 36 Presumably a ripe play.".

of Latona kill?

Down

2 Wisdom personified.

You will find it quite refined if you make haste.

4 Just a trifle insulting, perhaps,

but very little.

5 Ornamental dish,

◊ Attempt.

7 "The hollow,oak our palace is,

Our ---the "sea." (A Wet Sheet and a Flowing Sca.)

8 Flirt with some indication of

the flirters.

11 Having the surface ornamented

with velns.

13 Hored-fly.

17 A big bit of the world

19 Wine poured on the ground 20 Marbles. 22 Trap.

23 Change the third letter to make

blister another kind of trap, 25 The result of a trap, maybe. 27 Syrian city.

28 Mora zobor in Scotland. 20.Give the dupe an alternative

when I'm taken away for conqueror.

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