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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1934.

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CONVICTED

people were doing all these things to her.

"If you want proof of what I have said, you can read my diary

SENT TO HOUSE OF which I have kept day to day,” she

DETENTION

Bald.

His Worship: Why did you come to Hongkong?

Defendent: To work.

Allegations of having been "knundad," and references to "untouchable inge" in England, with your work in Australia?-- His Worship: Did they interfore were mindu by Florence Helen Yes.

Stratford, aged 40, an English- Could you give us an account of woman, when she was avain what your work in?-Writing

I brought before Mr. W. Schofield at have written articles for news- the Central Magistracy yesterday papers and that sort of thing. I afternoon on a charge of being ap-travel as a journalist, but I am not parently a vagrant.

Defondant Wak romanded really a journalist. I write any

that comes to my mind. thing "technically in Police custody" from started on a novel, but I have not Wednesday afternoon for evidenco been successful yet. regarding an alleged unpaid bill from the Peninsula. Hotel,

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Have you made inquiries hore for work?-Yen. I have been making enquirica at the P.W.D. I saw Mr. Davica once, and I saw Mr. Netloth, of the Registration Depart ment, twice. I have also been to an employment bureau

At yesterday's proceedings, Mr. A. K. Dimond, Manager of the Peninsula Hotel, testified that he Arst saw defendant on June 18. She came to Hongkong with a letter of introduction from A travelling agency in Australla,

and was allotted a room in the Peninsula Hotel. Meals were supplied to her present?--Not here.

Have you any passago ticket it by the hotel.

Without result?—Yes, result.

without

Have you one anywhere else?—I

Couldn't you get the money through the agents here?-I would get more money if I sent it back to Australia,

A bill was presented to her woek-have sent it back to Australia to ly as was the custom, but half the get the money on it. time she was at the hotel she was indiaposed and he did not press her for payment. However, she was finally pressed to pay her account and a formal letter was sent to her on July 15, asking for three weeks payment. Witness saw defendant on July 18 and she said she would not pay though she admitted that she had the money.

Being Hounded,

"She said she wanted to get to the bottom of something. She and something WAA hounding her," added Mr. Dimond.

"Untouchable Things."

just mentioned, have you

Besides these things you have troubles7-Not in Hongkong, not other

in Australia, but there are untouch- able things in England.

it was impossible to get work for His Worship remarked that since her in Hongkong--and she herself had tried-the best thing would be "I naturally was not interested the Government could come to Rome to provide her with lodging until in Miss Stratford's private affairs, arrangement regarding her future. I was only interested in her pay-

ment of the account, but she main-what the "untouchable things" in His Worship said he did not know tained this attitude all along.

England were; but it seemed that

"I left the room and wrote her her only resources were in England naother letter. I told her that and that the only thing to do was unless settlement was forthcoming to send her back there. within 24 hours we would be re- luctantly compelled to ask her to me back there. I would be walking Defendant: It's no use sending give up her roem,”

¡into it again.

The next day, witness had an- other talk with the defendant, but Detective Sergeant Mottram in- the conversation was more or less terposed and said that defendant repetition of that of the provious had once told the Police that if she day, Miss Stratford always refus could get ing to settle her account, which omounted to $255.40.

His Worship: Has any of this money been paid since?

Witness: No.

touch with a certain Hon. Mis Hild, who belonged to noclety ich had interested it- self in Mi Stratford's case, dufen- dant might consider returning to England. This Hon. Miss Wild

This concluded the evidence for resided at Tonbridge Wells. the Police.

Is Worship (to defendant): There's enough evidence hero io make it necessary for mo to ask you To show me your means.

Defendant: Do you think so? His Worship: Do you think so? Defendant: No, I saki "Do you think so?" because I don't.

Iin Worship: Do you wish to give evidence?—No, thank you.

Being Persecuted.

Defendant: Met No. Miss Wild's interest is Australia.

When defendant again referred to the "people in England,"_bla We ship asked, "Who are these people you are referring to all the! time?""

Defendant: People with whom I have lived for ten years,

They are so annoyed with me over the things I have done that they are trying to estrange me from my work. There are things I cannot

Is there anything you wish to say tell the Court. Private things lo to me?I wish to know why some my life.

people have been estranging me

Defendant Convicted.

from my work, my friends.-overy- thing. Is it possible to find these His Worship: Well, I am afraid people and ask why they have I can come to no other conclusion estranged me from everything? It but to conviet defendant is getting rather hard.

vagrant in the sense that she has Defendant added that she had to no visible means of support at the leave England for Australia, and present moment. The question te from Australia to Hongkong. This whether she is to be allowed to live had been going on for a period of here and look for work or to send eight years, she said. She wanted

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