1936-11-24 — Page 17

..........SSESSES

At the

PENINSULA

HOTEL

ROSE ROOM

WEDNESDAY ·

25th NOVEMBER

DINNER DANCE

WITH

EULA HOFF

BOB

AND

BURNETT

Roservations phone 58081

THE HONGKONG & SHANGHAI HOTELS, LTD.

THE HONGKONG

TELEGRAPH.

ROBBERY CHARGE NOT PROVED

DEMONSTRATION WITH A TORCHI

A verdict of not guilty was re- turned by the jury at the Criminal Sessions this morning to the trial of LA Wong, 37, Laltor, and Li Ping-sang, alias Li Yuen-tai, on a charge of robbing Lel Kiu, married womit, of Shetshulkam, near Shataukuk, of two silver chain, a cont, silver bangles, in chicken and a duck, on the night of September 10.

Before the case was resumed this morning, Judge and jury adjourned to a strong room for the purpose of xprimenting whether or not a man hing a torch in a dark place could Mashing a

Witnesses for the Crown be seen. had alleged at the previous hearing that they identified necused as the robbers

through the rays of a torch ld by one of them. The ease was tried by the Chief Justice, Sir Atholl MneGregat, und the following Jury: Messrs. E. L Smith (Foreman), A. . Ismail, T. C. Ellncoll, F. 11. de Carvalho, J. 13. Antrogata, Yuen Kok-yet and L Bonts.

Mr. E. 11. Wiliaŋn, Assistant At- torney-General, appeared for the Crown, and accused, who picaded not guilty, were not legally repre-

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1936,

DROVE CAR WHILST DRUNK

HEAVY FINE ON EUROPEAN

AL

Ernest Peter Humphreys, agad 21, accountant, was fined $200 by Mr. W. Schofield

the Centrul Magistracy this morning, on pleading nulity to a charge of having driven a private car on November 14 whilst under the influence of drink, to such an extent na to be incapable of having proper control, nt Gap Road. Mfr. D. Brittain Evnus rippenred for the defence, ont tendered a plen, of guilty.

Explaining the circumstances of Inspector S. C. The ease, Traffe Saunders, said that about 10 pm, on November 14. defendant drove his car eastwards, alony Gap Road. He lind just passed the smal light at the bottom of Stubbs Road when he knocked

two Chinese, who down

rearmast man was Tere walking one behind the other. dressed in white clothing, and the

men were walking on the left side of the rand. Defendant stopped his car about 30 wards beyond the print where the men had been knocked down, Kol out of His ear and went back to the injured moment, a police inspector

At this

geared on the scene and he saw defendant trying to assist the men, but defendant himself was obviously

מייח!

right. The whole party was then taken to No. 2 Police Station, and the injured

removed to the Government Civil Hospital.

Continuing. Inspector Saunders

that del

defendant appeared to be drunk when he saw him, and defen- dant was sent to the Government Civil Hospital where he was examin- ed by a mediend offeer.

Fold

After Detective-Sergeant C. H Goodwin had stated that the highestanding Kreal dmculty in standing point of the eucloft was six feet six inchen, Art areused mate the follow- Ing statement from the dock; "I am falrely arrusert. I have never com- mitted the armed robbery as alleged. No rubber would be so foolish as te bria; a torch with him so that the inmates could identify him properly. I deny the allegations that i was holding two iron burs, one in each Jund. The police have been to my tinuse on no less than three occasions, And nothing incriminating was found. I swear that if I had committed the crime as alleged, my children would not be prorporous, I would not be To poor and in rays if I had com- mitted the robbery,

Is Lordship: It depends on the success of the rubbery.

TELLING LIES

Second accusert said: "Although I have a I am pour, I am honest. wife and children to look after. I make my living by cutting fire-wood, and although it is not a pleasant job, 1 ball enjoy it as I do not want to rob people,

The witnesses for the pro- secution had deposed that I had a torch in one hand and a chopper in the other

The police have been to

my place and no tatel or chopper was found. The witnesses were tell- ing best all they said was nonsense. I swear by God that if had com- mitted the robbery, I should have no

P & O-BRITISH INDIA-APCAR AND repentance even if my family were

EASTERN & AUSTRALIAN LINES

MAIL AND PASSENGER STEAMERS

Taking Cargo For

Straits, Java, Burma, Ceylon,

india, Persian Gulf, Mauritius,

East and South Africa, Austral,

Red Sea, Egypt, Istanbul, Greece Levantino Ports, Europe.

PENINSULAR & ORIENTAL FURTNIGHTLY

DIRECT ROYAL MAIL STEAMERS

UNDER CONTRACT WITH H.M. GOVERNMENT

"All vessels may call at any ports on or off the route, and the route and all sailings are subject u change or deviation with or without notice." PENINSULAR & ORIENTAL SAILINGS

5.8.

NALDERA

*BURDWAN

JEYPORE

RANCHI

• COMORIN

SOMALI

RAJPUTANA

•

From

Ton: Hong Kenr

About

Destination.

16,000 28 Nov. Bombay, Marseilles & London.

6,000 6th Dec. Bombay. Marseilles, Havre, London.

Antwerp Hult, burg. Idam & 0,000 9th Dec. Bombay, Karachi and Persian Gf. 17,000 12th Dec. Bombay, Marseilles & Lunden. 15,000 20th Dec..Marseilles & London.

7,000

17,000

t

2nd Jan. Marecilles, flavre; London, Hamburg.

itotterdam, Antwerp & Hull.

9th Jan. Bombay, Marseilles & London.

Calls Tangier. Calls Casablanca.

Cargo only, All versels may call at Malta.

$

Frequent connection from Port Said for Passengers and Cargo u Istanbul, Piraeus, Smyrns and other Levant Ports by steamers of the Khedivin! Mall Steamship Co.

SILAWA

BRITISH INDIA-APCAR SAILINGS

SANTIHA TALAMBA' TALMA

SIRDITANA

TANDA

5th Dec. 1 10,000 4,000 19th Dec. 8,000 2nd Jan. Singapore, Port Swettenham, Penang 10,000 16th Jan.

Rangoon & Calcutta.

8,000

30th Jan.

EASTERN & AUSTRALIAN SAILINGS

NANKIN

NELLORE

7,000 4th Dec. 2nd Jan. 7,000 7,000 30th Jan..

Manila. Rabaul, Brisbane, Sydney

Melbourne & Hobart.

SAILINGS TO SHANGHAI & JAPAN

RANCHI SANTHA

COMORIN

*SOMALI

NANKIN

TALAMDA

RAJPUTANA

• Cargo only.

17,000 26th Nov. Yokohamu direct.

4,000 27th Nov. Amay, Shanghai & Japan. 10,000 27th Nov. Shanghai & Japan. 7,000 2nd Der. Shanghai & Japan. 7,000 6th Dee. Shanghızi & Japan. 8,000 10th Dec. Amoy, Shanghai & Japan. 17,000 11th Dec. Shanghai & Japan.

All dates are approximate and subject to alteration without notice.

For further Information, Passage, Freight, Handbook, etc., apply lo

The Agents, Phone 27721

MACKINNON, MACKENZIE.CO

P&O BUILDING? CONNAUGHT ROAD CENTRAL, HONGKONG

COUNT THE TELEGRAPHS" EVERYWHERE

nonihilated. A was sleeping in my house on the right of the alleged, robbery, I am falsely accused."

Prisoner called a man named LI Luk as is witness, for the purpose of establishðar; an alibi.

Accused: Did you not steep in my on the night of the alleged

robbery?

Witness: You are telling lles. did, not to to your place until three days later.

BAD CHOICE

I

His Lordship (to accused); He's a bad choİER. He tus let you down.

in the course of his summing-up, His Lordship told the jury that the CENE-WAY-4 simple one-in-the-sule issue was one of identification,

لارا

One

the jury, he said, must be satisfled beyond all reasonable doubt that the accused were the robbers as allered the prosecution. On the night of the robbery it was very dark, and, according to the witnesses for the Crown

they could not see anything. of the witnesses had sulú jhere were two men, while the other stated there was only one....

consideraule divergence, There was no evidence of any concertea nelton by the accus- ed; as one was arrested in Pokfulam and the other in Shauitiwan and on

imerent days.

Botir accused had persistently deni ed having committed the crime, and, furthermore, none of the missing pro- perty was found in their humes.

Continuing, his Lordship said the witnesses might have made an honest mistake in identifying the They had a

little demonstration in the strong room and the jury were given an opportunity of finding out whether or not a persbo Basting, torch in a dark place could be identified.

NASTY INJURIES

Dre of the Injured men, Chan Lark, aged 51, had a big cul on the top of his head necessllating about half- a-dozen stitches

In hospital, and niso received an injury to his leg. The

olher mun. Yu Tai, had lesser in- juries, but he was rather badly hurt on the legs and shoulders,

Inspeeter Saunders asked that the maximum penalty be imposed on defendant on the charge of deiben. ness. The police were withdrawing 1 recond charge of driving with- out due care and caution against defendant. The traflle inspretor sug-

gested that compensation of $50 be given to Chan Luk and $25 in the case of Ya Tal. The okler man would not be able to work for some

He added.

+11

ปรับ

in

Defendant hat,

1221 driving in Hongkong since December, 1935, und į bad a previous conviction for driving without de extre and caution Nathan Rood when he was fired

$15. Speaking in mitigation

the offence. Mr. Evans asked that his Worship take into consideration de fendant's age. He had been in Hongkong since August last year. and was employed by an engineering company for over three and a half years, most of which had been spent in Shanghai.

BEER AND CHAMPAGUE Defendant was a person who was deeply interested in games, and on the day in question, he had taken a rugby light thin, and had

played football later in the #fternoon. After the game, defendant changed and

went to a reception at which he had several glasses of champagne. He later made the fatal mistake of putting beer on top of champagne at the Hongkong Hotel. There defend- ant had drunk four or five beers. He then went out and ordered some food at a restaurant, but left before

મળત

eating

any,

Mr. Evans said he thought it was

7

“Yes, they're a luxury

but certainly not

an extravagance

Hidden within the smoke of

a Virginia cigarette, mixed with all the bitterness of burning tobacco, is the pure essential flavour of the leaf. du Maurier, and du Maurier only, reveal

this true inner richness, entirely un- The filter tip, mixed and untainted.

cleansing the smoke of all trace of

acrid irritants, discloses a wealth

of unsuspected fragrance and charm.

A PRODUCT.OF

PETes

JACKSON

THE TO

217, PICCADILLY, LONDON, W.

·CLUSIVE FILTER TID CHEAN nature you

du

MADE IN LONDON

They came as a revelation to me. I'd never have believed a filter up could do ut.”-

"Well, it isn't the filter-{ ing alone, you know, I' believe the tobacco they use 13 very choice.""

“Maybe, but filtering seem to mitke it even ! more Virginia, if you know what i mean,” "That's just it. By trap-

ping all but the natural make it gives you' the flavour pure and un- alleyed."

“And so cool and smooth.. really delightful. I toouldn't like to tell you how many I, smokɛ a day,"

"There's one thing, you'll

never find they irritate

your throat. Filtering

stops all that."

95 cents for 50

MAURIER 20 cents for 10

CIGARETTES WITH THE FILTER TIP

Agents: Tabaqueria Filipina,

26, Queen's Road Central, and 22B, Des Voeux Itd. C., H.K. 10, Hankow Road, Kowloon,

ISSUED BY THE MANUFACTURERS OF DU MAURIER CIGARETTES, 217 PICCADILLY, LONDON, W.

HAVE YOU

SEEN

an established fact that when a per- The

son had five or more drinkts, a devil

possesses him, and he feels that he Beautiful

is not only able to drive a car, but able to drive it better than ever be- fore. When defendant got into his car, therefore, he felt fully capable of driving, and

to have not

as far as Gap Road use collided

with the

εινα

A

Chinese

Defendant made a frank admission that he was drunk, and Mr. Evans asked that that be taken into con- sideration. He also asked his Wor- ship to consider the amount of publi city which had been accorded de- fendant in such a small place like Hongkong accused.

poster

had appeared in one of the European papers, he added, to the effect that ย young European was being charged, and people ind bought the *paper to see who it was, Counsel risked that a substantial, but not the maximum, fine be imposed, and said that de- fendant was very willing to me to the

by compensation suggested Inspector Saunders.

His Lordship concluded by remind- ing the

that it was on the Jury strength of the prosecution and no on the weakness of the defence that conviction must rest. "I say this." said his Lordship, "because of the unfortunate choice of witness by the an attempt to second

nectised in establish on alibl

The jury retired for about five minutes, after which they returned verdicts of not guilty.

NON-INTERVENTION COMMITTEE

FURTHER MEETING

IN LONDON

London, Nov. 23.

1

His Worship ordered that Chan Tu Tal $25. th imposing the fine on Luk be given sau compensation, and defendant, he said the question of driving defendant's auspending licence should be considered. He had also taken into consideration the fact that defendant had given no trouble to the pollee,

THE CORONATION CINEMA RECORD

POSSIBLE

London, Nov. 23. Mr. Romany. MacDonald,. 'Lord

Corona

Now offered

free to consumers of

Plates

NESTLÉ'S QUICK OATS

Send this coupon for full particulars

1 To Nestle & Anglo-Swiss

Condensed Milk Co.

Chung Tin Building

5 Des Voeux Rond C.

HONGKONG. PLEASE SEND ME FULL DE TAILS OF THE ABOVE OFFER.

Name

Address

The twelfth meeting of the Chair President of the Council, replying to BICYCLES RUN EASIER

man's Sub-Committee of the Interna- llonat Committee for the application of the agreement regarding, non- intervention in Spain was held at the Foreign Ofee this evening.

The sub-Committee had under con- sideration the conclusions submitted by their technical advisers on certain Questions which they had referred lo them at their last meeting. Members 10 of the Sub-Committee agreed obtain as soon as possible the views, of their respective Governments on these technical questions, with a view to their further consideration at the next making of the Sub-Committee on Friday.British Wireless.

House of Commons question, said the question of making a cinema re- cord of the Caronation and televising the ceremony wre under considera- tion--Britisli Wireless:

SOLDIER PASSES ON

Washington, Nov. 24. Major-General Chase Wilmot Ken- nedy, one of the most distinguished of the United States'. Army officers, having seen active service In Cuba, the Philippines, Alaska, France and Panama, died to-day, after a long retirement.-United Press.

Oil frequently all

bearingsnad run- ning parts with 3- in-one oil-you'll notico tho dlf- ferenceatonce,

•

CLEANS LUBRICATES PREVENTS RUST

3-IN-ONE OIL

Two humaŭ ftoarts ablaze in a drama of wild horse cour-

ago and dog deto-.. tion!

It will move you to tears and thrill you to cheers!

G.C.0.

TWO REVOLT

·RK O

RADIO Picture

With

JOHN ARLEDGE LOUISE LATIMER MORONI OLSEN "LIGHTNING"

the dog and the famed horse "WARRIOR" COMMENCING To-morrow at the

ALHAMBRA

THE NEW FRENCH REMEDY. THERAPION NO.1 THERAPION NO.2 THERAPION NĚ.3

No.1 Dares Discharge NoCurse Blood Sulewat Mo, 3 Ceres Charente WVALIS LARANG Mazlish Prios Bay Chassista, or armer WB-retuju Mali). DR. ERCLEPENet Ca IlavererockRA,H,WA, LoniaN DR. LE OLERO'S PILLS for the Liver dkidneys--week kidirayaà blandad

Mr. & Mrs. Y. Mori MASSAGE

Acupuncture, Moxoenusiq, and Bose Betiisz Holder of Japanma and Rongkong Govern Hani I fources. 'Cures Bytalned Ankles and Wrkets. · Renommended for many years by Gocal Hospitala and Doctors,

4. Wyndham Street, (1st floor). Tel. 24051.