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cmber the "meanie" of "BrightEyos?" that was only a sample!

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pletely as a lovable Teno- ment spitfire who brings a high-hat family down to earth.

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JANE WITHERS O. P. HEGGIE JACKIE SEARL

KATHARINE ALEXANDER Produced by Sol M. Wurter!

Darcus by Swit Seriph

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. MONDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1935.

PRISONER ESCAPES

LATEST OPIUM

DODGE

TWICE

SENTENCED ON THREE

CHARGES

TOWELS SOAKED IN LIQUID

GIRL ASSAULTED BY STUDENT

SMARTLY FINED IN COURT

An 18-year-old student, Lall opium into the Colony was re-Tung-hi, was fined $60, or, in vealed by Revenue Officer Ward default, two months hard labour, before Mr. W. Schofield, at the by Mr. Wynne-Jones at the Kow- Central Magistracy this morning, loon Magistracy this morning, when Lai Nat, married woman, when he pleaded guilty to having was charged with posscasion of assaulted an 18-yeal-old girk Li ten taels of prepared oplum on Shek-ying, at Tin Sum village. pair of the steamer Yuet On.

Kowloon City, last Wednesday.

Li Chun-nam, 23, unemployed, A new method of smuggling appeared on romand before air wynne-Jones at the Kowloon Magistracy this morning and meed charges of (a) breaking to the dwelling of Mr. G. W. Sid at the A. P. C. Installation, koktsui, and stealing a gold wrist watch and ..pectacles; ; (b) escaping from gal custody; and (c) assaulting Linese detective C105, Au Sting On the first chargo defendant was sentenced to six months' nard labour, three months on the accond and $50, or, in default, six weeks on the third, the sentences to run consecutively,

Detective Sub-Inspector R. Cun- ningham stated that on August 31 about 3 a.m. defendant entered a house at the AP.C. Installation, Taikokisui, and awakened the complainant. Defendant ran out to the front verandah but as there was no means of escape he was

over to an Indian watchman.

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Mr. Ward said the opium had been bolled and soaked into towels Chester-Woods stated that defend- In outlining the case, Inspector and then dried. The towels were ant and complainant lived op found concealed among, the defen-postle each other at Tin Sumi dant's clothes. The opium could villago. At 5.45 am, on the 23rd be extracted by re-bolling the of last month defendant got into towels. It was a mori serious complainant's house. He WAY case than one of ordinary smug-heard by complainant, who set gling case.

upon him with a broom and in, Mr. Schofield ined the defen- formed his mother of what hud, dant $800, or in default. six happened, Defendant's mother, months hard labour.

on receiving the complaint, guve her son a beating.

FRAUD ATTEMPT

On October 2, complainant went to the public latrine in the village and defendant followed her in and caught her by the "ALLEGED. SCHEME TO neck and struck her. He held

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complainant's neck, so hard that she could not call out. After as- Alleged to have attempted to saulting the girl, defendant woni out. On the way back to the obtain money from Au Sze, widow, off and stayed in the Shi Kung police station defendant got away. from the detective but he was re- producing a letter purporting district for several days, and it captured and he struck the netec-9 have been written by her niece, was not until last Saturday that Lin Sung. 30-year-old un- his mother went out and brought lace and escaped a. tive on the second time, and 'was BOL

employed man, named Leung Man, the boy back herself, arrested. Defendant was at liberty was brought beforo Mr. Wynne-

Jones at the Kowloon Magistraes Un pleading guilty, the defend-| anti Uctober 2, when he was this morning. On the application ant alleged that he assaulted the arrested at a house at Monkok as of the prosecution, defendant was girl because she told lies about]

remanded for five days.

re-

the result of information received.

get it.

him.

The watch was on complainant's pinew and defendant and to cut defendant called, upon the com- ought to be whipped, young man

It was alleged that on Saturday The Magistrate: You really hole through a mosquito net to plainant and produced a letter that is the answer for you. Defendant informed the police which he purported to have been hope your father will do it. Fined that he committed the crime be-written by the woman's niece, $50 or two months.

stating that she was Ill and was cause he was poor and had no

Defendant: food, but it was subsequently dis-in need of money. covered that several days previous defendant had remitted a sum of about $100 through the post office to the country,

i wit be remembered that two relatives of the defendant, Li Yan-hin, 33, unemployed, and Li Mui, 36, married woman, were son tenced to three months' and ene month's hard Inbour respectively,

stated that he had just come from Canton and gave an address.

Complainant was suspicious and the man was taken to the police station where he was ques

ttoned,

Complainant went to Canton and visited the address defendant had given her, but she could find out nothing.

on Friday, when they were co-in escaping by removing the victed of having aided defendant | handcuffs from his wrists,

Mr. R. K. Stride, driver of private car No. 4476, has reported to the police that while driving in Castle Peak Road yesterday he knocked down a woman, Hul Fong, 63 years, who received slight injuries to her | face and legs. She received treatment at the Kowloon Hospital. Mr. A. T. Edwards, driver of private car No. 3436, has reported that while driving along Queen's Road, East, yesterday. he collided with car No. 68. His cur.was slightly damaged.

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