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THE HONGKONG 1 TELEGRAPH WEDNESDAY, JULY 31, 1995.

COUNTERFEIT COIN

FOUR MEN CHARGED

AT SESSIONS

Charges of counterfeiting and possession of Implements for coun- preferred terfeiting coins were against four Chinese before the Pulse Judge, Mr. Justice Lindsell, at the Criminal Sessions this morning.

The defendants were Young Ping, alias Yeung Hon-kee, Tsang Ming, alias Teang Hop-wing, Wan Choung and Tsau Chuen, and they were charged with (a) counterfeiting 15 Hongkong silver dollars ind 18 ten-cont pleces; (b) possession of moulds for coining; and (c) possea sion of counterfeit coins.

Mr. J. A. Fraser, assistant At- torney-General, instructed by Mr. W. J. Lockhart-Smith, hssistant Crown Solicitor, appeared for the prosecution, and the accused, who pleaded "Not Guilty", were not legally represented.

The jurors empanelled were: 5.0.A. Proulx (foreman), Chan See-ming, Sun Him-lai, R.G. Griggs, F.M.X. da Souza, E.O.P. Hyndman

and Pau Man-lok.

Outlining the facts of the case, Mr. Fraser informed the jury that the charge against the accused was colning, but the Crown laid no particular stress on the guilt on any accused. They were all charged with the same offence.

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London, July 80. To-day is the beginning of "Glorious Goodwood," which marks the end of the London season

A large holiday crowd was pro- sent on the course, many coming by motor coaches from seaside resorts. The beautiful scenery in and around Goodwood was seen at ita 'best, for, the weather was fine and sunny.

Lady Ludlow's Green Oar (7-1) won the Steward's Cup, Captain Field's. Almond Hill (100-8) was cond, and Sir Victor Sassoon's Cora Deans (100-7), third-

Sammy Wragg rade the winner, this being a lucky last-minute change, as Weston had previously been engaged to ride Green Gar. The winner's time of one minute, twelve seconds, was a record for the course of six furlongs.

The Aga Khan's Mahmoud, one of the most promising two-year- olds, won the Richmond Stakes of six furlongs at Reuter Special.

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RELIGIOUS FREEDOM FIRST PRINCIPLE

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Washington, July 30. Americnt, sympathy towards the exercise of religious freedom and liberty of conscience in all coun | tries is expressed by Mr. William

Phillips, Under-Secretary State, in a letter to Jewish organi- sations which recently protested to the State Department against allowed anti-Jewish persecutions in Germany.

The letter says that concepts of religious freedom and liberty of conscience for all constitute the meat, fundamental principles of our elvilisation and political faith, adding that the American people to the are always sympathetic maintenance of those concepts in the United States as well as in other nations. Reuter.

RECEIPTS LACK STAMPS

FURTHER TREASURY

PROSECUTIONS

In a Treasury prosecution be- 1fore. Mr. Schofield at the Central- Police Court this morning, Chin Sik-chor, of E., Hing and Coy, 25 Wing Wo Street, was fined $5 on a summons for having an im- receipt for properly stamped $73,62, received from Singón and Company, 87 Hing Lung Street, on June 16 last year.

On summonses for splitting ac- counts of $23.78 and $31.78, Man Sang Cheong,

FALSE PRETENCES UNEMPLOYED MAN ́OFFERS JOBS Charged before Mr. Macfadyen

of 126 Second

On the afternoon of May 30, Inspector Cunningham, Sergeant Goodwin and a party of Chinese detectives went to No. 10 Takuling Road, second floor, In consequence of information received. One of at the Central Magistracy this. the Chinese officers, Lam Chi-ming, morning on counts of using false

On the application of Sergeant went up to the floor alone, while pretences to obtain the sum of Street, was fined a total of $20. the others waited on the Arat floor $6 from Fung Yuen, aged 28,

the prosecution, Innding. Lam knocked and he was bean curd maker, by purporting. G. Whitcroft, who appeared for admitted on the pretext of seeing that he could obtain employment the first accused. As he was being for complainant, when in fact he against Tin Hing-wing, of the Wing Kee Arm, 9 Wing Fung admitted, a noise was heard as if was not in a position to do 50. Street, for having an unstamped a door Inside the floor was being and of using false pretences to

of $2.80 from receipt for $22.40, received from closed. The detective entered, obtain the sum followed closely by the other Cheng Man, aged 48, also a bean Man Tak, 42 Hennessy police officers,

curd maker, by purporting that Wanchal, was withdrawn, Five men, including the four he could obtain employment for complainant when he was not in accused, were found

On the

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CATTLE STEALING

premises. The first accused was 8 position to do so, a 20-year-old seen squatting down to the middleman Tung Kwok-lam, pleaded of the front cubicle facing a chatty Kulity, and was sentenced to six FARMER AND DEALER works hard Inbour on each and holding a ladle over it. The charge, the terms to run consecu second accused was squatting tively. Both complainants live at down on the other side of the 10, Wai Tak Lane. chatty holding a pair of chopsticks

SENTENCED

The theft of three oxen from Prosecuting, Det. Sergt. Fowlfe villagers on Lantau Island on July and a tablespoon. The third de-stated that defendant and com- 10 had a sequel before Mr. Kennedy! fendant was on the left of the first plainants are clansmen. The com- Skipton at the District Office South accused, holding pair of scissors plainaut had been telling defend yesterday, when Chan Kwong: 24 on the right hand and a counter ant that they needed employment, farmer, of Mu Wo village, was fined fait dollar on the left. It was ap and defendant promised to got a total of $750, or four months' parent that he was cutting off the them jobs as bricklayers with the

hard labour in default, on three edges of the dollar with the Lee Cheung firm of contractors, charges of theft, while Chan Yun, scissors. The fourth accused was of China Building, if they paid 45, cattle dealer of Castle Peak, beside the third defendant and he him certain suma of money. was seen to pick up another of the

On July 26, second complainant on a charge of receiving, counterfeit dollars from a piece of gave defendant $1, and on July

Sergeant L. J. Wagland, for the glass and place it on a mat.

20, gave him another $1.80. First prosecution, stated that the first The Chinese detectivo, Lam Chl-complainant gave defendant $3 on defendant, Chan Kwong, and two ming, arrested the second accused, both occasions. Time passed, and others who were not in custody. while the other three were caught as the jobs were not forthcoming. I hired a junk and wont from Castle:

by other police officers just

was fined $160, or three months.

Peak to Lantau Island, where they they handed defendant over to they were running out from the the police.

stole the oxen from different. pena. Defendant was un. cubicle.

employed, and in no position to They returned to Castle Peak where they were met by Chan 'Yun who obtain employment for other

took the eattle to Mataukok in an people.

attempt to sell them to another dealer.

LAND DIVIDEND

THE EQUIPMENT Mr. Fraser then went on to describe the paraphernally found on the premises, and said that in the trousers of the first defen- dant were found two genuine ten-

The Board of Directors of the cent pieces and a knife with plaster of Paris in it. A genuine Ltd., have declared

Hongkong Land Investment Co., an interim silver dollar was also found in his dividend of one dollar per share wallet.

for the six months ended June 30, After his arrest, the first

1935. cused gave the police certain in-

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NEW WEAPON OF WAR

LEWIS GUNS WILL BE DISPLACED

London, July 30.

• In the House of Commons,

formation in consequence of cont piece impressions, and two which a visit was paid to a house had impressions of 1898 ton cent at Ng Ylu Tau village and there places. The ten-cent moulds were were found a number of broken ready wrapped' for moulding. plaster of Paris moulds, three Among the other parcels, there Captain Douglas Hacking, Parli- pieces of antimony sulphite ore was a ladle containing some metal, amentary Secretary for War, an- and two pieces of glass,

the composition of which was 95 nounced that as the result of a trial As the result of another state- per cent. tin, four per cent, anti-extending over several years, the ment made by the first accused, mony

lead, War Office has decided to adopt and one per cent. and it was actually pointed out by There were also three pieces of the Czecho-Slovakian light machine the second defondant, the police antimony sulphite ore, and three gun, which will be known as the went to No. 30 Fo Kong Road, strips of zinc which had obviously Vrende gun, instead of the Lewia first floor, and found a bottle of been used for shaping the outaldos gun.

Accordingly, an agreement has sodium cyanide and an empty of the moulds. bottle which had contained There were 15 counterfeit Hong-boen made to use the patent for nitrate.acid,

kon-silver dollare dated 1930. the manufacture of such machine. When, the four accused were Their composition was 94.9 per. guns in Britain.

"Captain Hacking added that the charged, only one of them made an cent. tin, 4.4 per cent. antimony

to use the ENCHANTINGLY incriminating statement and that and 0.7 per cent. lead. Another Army would continue

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MORE THEFTS REPORTED

was the first defendant who sald: parcel contained 48 counterfeit Vickers "It was a momentary mistake, i ten-cent pieces. Seventeen of them Reuter. don't know it was against the law. were dated 1898 and the rest 1889. Take pity on my wife and children Their composition was 96.8 per and deal with me leniently.” cent. tin, 3.9 per cent. antimony

Continuing, Mr. Fraser said the and. 9.3 per cent. lead. In a se second accused was represented by parate parcel there was a genuine counsel at the Magistracy and Hongkong silver dollar and two appeared to him that the defence ten cent pieces, one dated 1889 was that one of the police officers and the other 1898. who took part in the raid was tell- frame-up by the fifth man found on the premises but who was not charged.

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bottles and a wooden tub, which contained plaster of Paris, sodium cyanide, peanut oil, concentrated nitric acid, spirit varnish and

water..

POLICE EVIDENCE ..

The case for the Crown was that Lam Chi-ming: Ho Sang and the four accused were caught red-Lau Chi, three Chinese detectives, handed in the act of coining gave evidence that they took part Mr. C. A. Grimes, of the P.W.D., in the raid and found the accused was then called and he testifled to in the premises; having drawn plans of the second Detective Sergeant C. H. Good floor of No. 10 Takuling Rood. win testified to finding the articles Mr. Arthur Jackson, acting Gov. In the premises and added that ernment Analyst, deposed to hay when the police officers rushed up Ing received 14 parcels from In- the stairs they were on, tip-toe. spector Cunningham, One of the Their shoes did not creak and the parcels contained seven plaster of reason for making as little noise Paris moulds three of them had as possible was to surprise the Impressions of 1900 Hongkong toccupanta- of the floor.. Jallvar dollars; two had21889), tend The case is proceeding."

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ARSON TRIAL ENDS

TWO ACCUSED SENTENCED

Sentences of three years and The theft of a quantity of motor seven years hard labour re tools, valued at $15, from his car spectively were passed by the which was parked In Hospital Pulsne Judge, Mr. Justice R. E Road, outside the Government Civil Endsall at the Criminal Seadoo Hospital, has been reported to the yesterday on Ng Yuk-chum and police by Mr. E. S. C. Brooks, of his uncle, Ng Keng-chiu who Hastings and Company, were charged with arson in con ** In a report, made to the police, nection with the fire which broke Mrs. Silkstone of 118 Boundary out at 104 Fuk Wah Street, Shan Street, Kowloon Tong stated that.

shulpo" In the early hours of May between 7 and 8 pm on Monday 2445AP NE SERA some person stole a silver rose bow valued at $40

* A The first accused was charged with arson with intent to defraud and the second defendant with be ing, an accessory, before the fact,

Mr. A. C. Jeffreys, of the Hong kong Telephone. Company, has not fled the police of the theft of about the of telephone wire connections between thouses In Argyle Street between midnight and 8 o'clock this morning,PY

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mercy wan made by the jury in the case of the first accused, and ho・ WHI sentenced to three years instand of five, which His Lordship andd: he intended to pass ·

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