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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1933.

CHINESE RESTAURANT SIR HENRY

APPEAL CASE

Reversion to Original.

Order

Litigation between the socured creditor and an unsecured creditor over the liquidation of the Chinese Restaurant, camo to a head this afternoon when the findings of the Full Court of Appon! wore in favour of the former.

The action arose from the mortgaging of certain property by the Chinoso Restaurant to Au

DICKENS DEAD

SUCCUMBS IN HOSPITAL

London, Dec. 21. Sir Henry Dickens, who was last Saturday knocked down by 4 motorcycle, died in hospital to day aged 84.

COOLIE ASSAULTS

WATCHMAN

SEARCH RESISTED

A coolie, Chau Shum, was fined $26, or one month's hard labour, by Mr. Hamilton in the Central Police Court this morning for assaulting District Watchman Chiu Wing at Water Street.

Inspector Elaton said on Wed- nesday afternoon, the watchman, who was in plain clothes, saw the defendant approach him, acting in a susplelous manner. Ho fold him ho was a police officer and wanted to search him. The de- fendant refused and struggled, scratching the watchman in the face-and hands.

Ile was the sixth son of Charles Dickons, the famous novelist, and and a brilliant career at the Bar before being raised to the Bench.

· Defendant alleged the watchmon le presided for fifteen years over one of the Old Balloy Courts as asked him for $20 "squeeze" Common Serjeant of London, re-money. The complainant denied tiring fifteen months ago...

Wing-ki and Au Wing-yun, of 26, Des Voeux Road Central, to secure loans of $422,500. The solicitors concerned, Mesara. Ta'a and Hodgson, failed to make the logai registration of, the mortgage with in the proper time but they successfully applied for an order extending the timo for registra- Sir Charles was the eighth of tion.

Dickens's ten children and his

this.

BANK SMASH RECALLED,

In May, however, Chu Yun-chi, birth took place in what the tral Criminal Court. A knight- a widow, of 1, Wood Road, who was novelist called his "Copperfield hood was conferred on him în horeself interested to the extent of year." He was educated at the 1922. $64,000 in the Restaurant, appealed old Wimbledon School und Trinity against this order and it was set Hall, Cambridge. While he was abide by the maker, Mr. J. R. Wood still a boy, visitor to Gada Hill on the grounds that it was a records having seen "the Gode Hill nullity and was obtained from the Gazette being printed on a small court without the full exhibition hand-press by Mastor Henry of material facts.

Dickens, its accomplisher editor.

To-day's judgment dealt with the appeal against this setting. aside which was allowed.

the

LEGAL CAREER.

Among the many cases, of public interest with which Sir Henry was associated during his long carcor was the Charing Cross Bank smash in 1911, when he was one of the counsel for the defence. By the failure of the bank heavy

At Cambridge, he took his B: A. losses were incurred and thou- The issue at stake was whether and was 29th Wrangler in the sands of persons were affected. the registration could or could not Mathematical Tripos of 1872. He The liabilities were put at £2,830,- be made. If the latter, "Bocured" creditors would be the Bar in the Inner Temple in 557.

thon_read law and was called to 791 and the assets at only $1,131,- placed on the same basis as the 1878. unsecured creditors.

Sir Henry always took the For over 40 years he was keenest interest in everything.con- occupied in a general practice in nected with his father, from whom The Management of the Repulso London and on circuit, in the ho inherited a keen ведно of Bay Hotel advise cancellation of tea courso of which he held at humour and a wide sympathy. Ho dances on Dec. 24th and 31st owing different times the Recorderships gave many public readings from to preparations for the holiday gala of Deal and Maidstone. He was Dickens's works. When a book night carnival dinner dances as 031. nounced. Special ten dances will be made a X. C. in 1892. In 1917 ho appeared in 1928 attacking the held on Christmas Day, Boxing and Was appointed Common Serjeant character of the great novelist, he New Year's Day from 4.30 p.m. to of the City of London, that is to made a spirited defence of his 6.30 p.m.

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