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KILLED DOG FOR FOOD

COOLIE CAUGHT,

RED-HANDED

EXEMPLARY SENTENCE

REFUGEES TELL

OF ADVENTURES IN WAR ZONES

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bringing the crew of the coastguard. catter to full stringtă.

Bilbao

Quitting

THE

HONGKONG. TELEGRAPH.

WEDNESDAY, JULY 29, 1936.

FUGITIVES TO BE EXTRADITED·

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to be false by witnesses cafted for the defence.

The Brat allegedly false statement was of the presence of the first) Tugitive in Hongkong on November 11, 1936 when, according to Wong, be alleged to have taken part in the

was

The American Consulate in Bilbao reports that a British steamer on Monday evacuated 140 British sub of the plot, to murder Mr.

All Americnus except one are pre- paring to leave when the U.S.S. Oklahoma arrives on her next rescue trip.

The Barcelona Consulate reports the situation unchanged in that area. There is no shortage of food or other

Au net of callous. brutality was cluscribed at the Kowloon Magistracy this morning when Cheung Shu, 36-necessitira. your-old street coolie, was charged be. fore Mr. Macfadyen with stabbing a dog to death, causing it much Hetessary suffering, on July 29 De fendant declared that he had only been holding on to the dog with rope. around its neck, white another man

killed it.

Inspector Sharon said that about five minutes past twelve this morn- ing a constable heard a dog howling and yelping with pain in a scavenging Jane off Reclamation Street, Bear Saigon Street. ile ran in the direc tion of the soumis and saw defendant holding nu to a rope which rout the animal's neck. He did not see any other man, Defendant tried to cape by running down an alley, but was arrested and brought back to the dog, which died just at that menen. It had apparently been killed byn til or other pointed instrument which could not be found,

The dog, a half-mid chow, itd been killed for foal. Defendant refissed to assist the police in looking for the other man, whose name he said was Tan Ki-tsal.

After uncertaining frogs Jaspector Shannon But dogs were not allowed De Red, the Magistrate remarked that whether defendant's story was true or not, it was just as bad that

was assisting the other

man. Pussing sentence, Mr. Macfadyen wald, “i'm afraid I must make, the juunishment exemplary," and inval defendant $25, or one month's hard Inbour.

BRITISH FINANCES LATEST TREASURY

RETURNS

London, July 28. Exchequer returns show that the total ordinary revenue, excluding self-balancing Herns, nut tn

£171,784.170, compared with £197,- 938,133 at the corresponding date of last year. Of the difference of over eight million pounds, miscellaneous receipts account for two and half millions.

Receipts from Income Liax last week We're £2,500,000 cumpared with £2,104,000 in the corresponding week of last year. From April 1 to July 25. customs and excise yleitfed £99,950,000, against £20,034,000 in the sume period of the last financial year.

Total ordinary expenditure, exclu- sive of self-balancing items, is £947, 980,000, compared with £238,638,300 at the corresponding date of 1935.- British Wireless,

However, more churches have been barned and there is a certain amount of uncontrolled robbery and murder throughout the city. Americana are safe.-- United Press.

Relieving Cadets

Washington, July 28. The battleships Arkans and Wyoming_arrive at Hilbao to-morraw to take off coastguard endets from the cutter Cayuga and to repince them with regular navy detalls.

The U.S. culser Quincy has ar- rived at Alienuts, and is awaiting the arrival of 148 American and other foreigners at present taking refuge in the American Euchaasy in Madrid. Renter.

Many Rescued

London, July 28, Highteen nationalities iro 12 presented among 319 men and 460 women and children who have been evacuated from Barcelona and other Catatonian ports by ships of the British Navy in the last few days.

The total Included 544 British, 142 Swiss, 30 Amerleans and 21 French.

A message receive this morning in London from the British Consul et Madrid stated that trains which left. Modrld for Allennie and Valencia on. the night of July 26 had arrived safely and supply trains from these ports hart come through TO the capital Arrangements were being pushed, ahead for the evacuation by this route of those British subjects who desire to leave.

As the Foreign Secretary statet yuterday in the House of Commons,

the Spanish Minister of Foreign Altairs has replied to a communica- tion from the British Government to the effect that the Spanish, Govern- ment was doing alt it could for the protection of British subjects and would spare no efforts in this direc. tion,

The Second Destroyer Flotilla left to-day to relieve the First Destroyer olla, ships of which are at pre- sent in Basque Ports,--Brifin Wire- less.

LOCAL WEDDING

MR. H. G. ASOME AND

MISS D. M. LEE

The wedding was quietly solemnised at St. Teresa's Church, at 9 a'elock this morning, when Miss Doris Mure tet Lee became the bride of Mr. Hugh Gregory Asoine, a member of the staff of St. Joseph's College.

The Rev. Father P. Joy, S.J., off!- ciated at the ceremony,

Ax

This statement was cun- tradicted by Ma. Tong, an employee of the Tung Ah Hotel in Canton, who, was called as a witness for the des fence. Ma unid definitely that the first fugitive stayed in the hotel at

the time in question.

which

WED

the

The other statement contradicted was in regard to the meetings held in the Kung Ngai Association. Wong had stated that Association had been made by much, use of the rooms of the conspirators, in March, 1935 whereas Wong's own father, who was called for the dofonce, proved that during his siny ότι the premises he did not kee any of the fugitives nor there any meetings held,

wero

DELIBERATELY FALSE? These are my.. paints," said Mr. Sheldon, in favour of the fugitives and it is submitted that if these two parts of Wong's evidence are in fact false, they must be deliberately false, and if your Lordships come to the conclusion that his story is not worthy of belief then the case against all of them falls."

Dealing with the case against the that fourth fogkive, Counsel said even assuming Wong's story was true, which he of course dunted, there was literally no evidence against the prisoner. There was no mention, throughout Wong's evidence, that the fagitive had taken an active part is the conspiracy. The only evidence which affected him was his presence in the house of Wong Ah-chlu, the principal villain and the "King, murderers" as he had been called in the Magistracy. But Wong was his brother-in-law, and his

presence therefore was quite explatumble,

of

Replying for the Crawit Mr. D'Almada said it was perfectly clear from the authorities quoted by Mr. Sheldon that the Court had no right to interfere with the decision of the Magistrate, unless it found there was insufficient evidenco un which the Magistrate could have mode the com. mittal order.

PRIMA FACIE CASE

"The Magistrate's duties," Band Counsel, “in a case of this kind, is to commit if in fact he found there was a prima facie case made out, and I have no hesitation in submitting with the utmost confulence, that he had

rightly found there was a reasonable degree of credit in the story of Wong who was admittedly an accomplice.

Referring to the discrepancies i the evidence of Wong Counsel said the conspiracy cavered several

mouths and at several places, and any one under such circumstances was Hiable to make mistakes as he did in regard to the time and such detail.

Dealing with the me tings at the Kung

Ngai Association, Mr. D'Almada said the institution was n respectable one and therefore it would not like to be associated with the conspiracy, ven though the plot mig have actually been aut there. I might also have been that Wen's father was net present at the

When the Chief Justice intimated that the Court did not require fur- The bride, who is the only daughter argument than the degree of The Candian Chinese Club will of Mr. Lee and the hie Mrs. cheplicity of Cheung, the fourth

England, Lee of Liverpool,

Mr. d'Almada submitted tugilive. hold their next launch pienic op

that the fact that Cheung had heen Saturday, August 1. The launchracher at the school run by

Sisters of the Immaculate L'oserplin, found at Kwong Ming Terrace was will start from Queen's Pier at 8.30 p.m.

Big Wave Bay has bean The bridegroom. ektest: son of Mr. sumcient to connect him with the

and Mrs. J. Asome of Port-of-Spain, plot, and justified his committal. chosen.

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Miss Betty Ribeiro, as bridesmaid,

DELIVERS JUDGMENT Delivering judgment, Sir Atholl MacGregor said the argument on the application had been a most in- testing one as it had raised a point on which he could find no authori- ties.

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