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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1934.

EUROPEAN WOMAN to know the reason why these people were doing all these things, to her...

CONVICTED

"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

said,

His Worship: Why did you come to Hongkong"

Defendant: To work.

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Allegations of having been "bounded," and references tu

His Worship: Did they interfere "untouchable aings" in England, with your work in Australlat- were made by Florenco Helen Yes. Stratford, aged 40, an Engllah-1 Could you give us an account of woman, when she was again what your work in?-Welting. 1 brought before Mr. W. Schofield at have written articles for 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.

really a journalist. I write any Defendant

I WAB remanded thing that comes to my mind. "technically in Police custody" from started on a novel, but I have not Wednesday afternoon for evidence been successful yet. regarding an allowed unpaid bill Have you made inquiries here from Peninsula Hotel.

for work? Yes. I have been At yesterday's proceedings, Mr. making enquiries at the P.W.D. I A. K. Dimond, Manager of the saw Mr. Davies once, and I saw Mr. Peninsula Hotel, testified that he Nolloth, of the Registration Depart first now defendant on June 18. She ment, twice. I have also been to came to Hongkong with a letter of an employment bureau. Introduction from a travelling agency In Australin, and was reault. allotted a room in the Peninsula

Have you any passage ticket at Hotel. Meals were supplied to her present?--Not here. by the hotel.

Without result? Yes, without

Have you one anywhere else?-I A bill was presented to her week-lave sent it back to Australia to ly as was the custom, but half the get the money on it.

money

time she was at the hotel she was Couldn't you get the Indispoeed and he did not press her through the agents here?-I would for payment. However, she was get more money if I sent it back to finally pressed to pay her account | Australia, and a formal letter was sent to hor on July 16, 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 said something WnS hounding her," added Mr. Dimond.

"I naturally was not interested

"Untouchable Things."

Besides these things you have just mentioned, have you other troubles? Not in Hongkong, not in Australia, but there are untouch- able things in England.

His Worship remarked that since it was impossible to get work for her in Hongkong-and she heracif had tried the best thing would be to provide her with lodging until the Government could come to some

in Misa Stratford's private affairs. arrangement regarding her fature.

I was only interested in hot pay-

His Worship said he did not know

ment of the account, but she main- what the "untouchable things" in lained this attitude all along.

England were; but it seemed that "I left the room and wrote her her only resources were in England another 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- Defendant: It's no use sending luctantly compelled to ask her to me back there. I would be walking give up her room.”

Jinto it again.

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1 The next day. witness had an-

ather talk with the defendant, but i Detective Sergeant Mottram in- the conversation was more or less terposed and said that defendant a repetition of that of the previous had once told the Pollee that if sho day, Miss. Stratford always refas could get in touch with ing to settle her account, which loa. Miss Wild, who belonged to | amounted to $255.10.

society which had interested it- self in Miss Stratford's case, defen dant might consider returning to England. This Hon. Miss Wild This concluded the evidence for resided at Tonbridge Wells.

Defendant:

Misa Me? No. the Police.

Wild's interest Is Australia.

When defendant again referred

Is Worship: us any of this money been paid since?

Witness: No.

flis Worship (10 defendant): There's enough evidence here to make it necessary for me to ask you Lu the "people in England." his to show me your means,

Worship asked, "Who are these Defendant: Do you think so?

people you are referring to all the His Worship: Do you think so? time?" Defendunt: No. I said "Do you I have lived for ten years.

Defendant: People with whom Thay think so?" because I don't.

His Worship: Do you wish to are so annoyed with me over the give evidence?-No, thank you.

thing I have done that they are trying to estrange me from my work, Thern-are-things-1 cannot

my life. tell the Court. Private things in

Being Persecuted; -

Defendant Convicted.

Is there anything you wish to Buy tu me--I wish to know why some people have been catranging m from my work, my friends, every- thing. Is it possible to find these

His Worship! Well, I am afraid people and ask why they have can come to no other conclusion estranged me from everything? It but to convict defendant as a

getting rather hard.

vagrant in the sense that she has Defendant adiled that she had to no visible means of support at the leave England for Australia, and present moment. The question I from Australia to Hongkung. 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, aho said. She wanted (Continued on Pape 13***

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