1937-02-15 — Page 17

THE

HONGKONG

HEROIN TRAFFIC structions of Mr. J. M. Hall, said that

MAN GETS, LONG

PRISON TERM

Found guilty by the Jury on a of charge of unlawful possession 31,733 heroin pliin, Tsing Chung-mui, tenced to three years hurd labour alías Yuo Kwong, aged 34, was sen- by the Chief Justice, Sir Atholl Mac Gregor, at the Criminal Sessions this moming.

certain witnesses had to be called from Tientsin.

FURTHER CASE

FEBRUARY 15, 1937.

TELEGRAPH.

MONDAY,

CAUSED CRUELTY

COURT REFORM BATTLE

(Continued from Papa 1.)

the Supreme Court, ho sold that every appointment was open to the same charges.

CRITICS REBUKED

TO PIGS

DEALER FAILS TO ATTEND COURT

Mr. E. IL Williams, Assistant Chuen-yau, 23, and Wand talk of dictatorships, 1f we are to ing to six piga-In Argylo Street on

(foreman),

Wu

W. Sul-chce,

of our

estreated.

a

SCRAPS LUXURY

YACHT

- (Continued on Page 5.)

foremast ampped in two, the top portion falling to the deck and pier- cing through two floors.

She was purchased in San Pedro by Mr. Fahnentock in January, 1930, and was brought across to Hongkong, where extensive alterations were made at Talkoo Docks, and the

RAN ON REEF

An early morning raid on a Ont at No. 45, Fokfulam Road, on January 19 by Senior Revenue Officer A. W. Grimunt and raiding party, led to the appearance at Criminal Sessions this

of three women, charged morning

The Shenandoah was built at the Yip Yan, 32, pig dealer, talled to with unlawful possession of Ava

He also pointed out that the Senate attend at the Kowloon Magistracy beginning of the present century for ounces of crude heroin and 27,100 must confirm the appointees, saying, this morning to answer a charge of the timber trade between the Phillip- heroin plis.

Defendants were So Mel-chan, 20, "Let us be done with Irresposible causing unnecessary pain and suffer-pines and the west coast of America, her original name being the Luzon. 21. They picaded not guilty successfully defend our institutions February 13, and had his ball of $18 She was purchased by American in- terests in 1920 and was renamed before the

Chief Justice Sir Atholl we must make them work."

He said that the demands for on Sub-Inspector Rogera sald defen- Kamilon, a Howallan name meaning Attorney-General, appeared for the MacGregor, and were tried before the

to the measure

"long pearch." As the Kamiloa, the amendment

were dant was conveying 20 pigs on prosecution. The following jury was following jury: Messrs. F. S. Nicholla merely tragedy of delay. He lorry, each animal in one basket. vessel was used on expeditions to empanelled; Messra. II., II. Fantham (foreman), P. A. Pratu, F. Buman, reiterated the points that President Only one or two of these pigs had study deep sea life in the South Sens.

G. S. L.Roosevelt had emphasised in His malding at the bottom of the baskets, Dortbice, Tang Kal-sul, Woo Char. A. Cruz, S. ce

Angeles, and Fong

message to Congress.

and they had obviously been dirown yue, G. A. de Figueiredo and E. F. Mr. E I Williams, Assistant

The Constitution," he asserted, "Is on the lorry in a very careless mon- Fincher.

prosecuted and, Attorney General, pros According to Mr. Williams, accused

flows, Our prople

angle of 45 degrees, with the pig's directing. was arrested on the second Boor of outlining the case for the Crown, or channel through which the life mer, one of the baskets being utan

knocked several wold Mr. Grimmitt 31 Pottinger Street on the morning

no point in attempting to hult it pigs mentioned in the charge had of January 4, following a raid bymes on the door of No. 5, Pokfulam/Kulding, and sacilitating; but there is head hunging downwards. The six vessel was given her present name.

Road, at 7 a.m. before the first de-

Meanwhile Democratic Representa- their legs cut because of the luck of Senior Revenue Officer A. W. Grim-fendant opened the wooden door, the ilve Matthew Dunn of Pennsylvania matling. mitt, Mr. H. A. Taylor, Assistant iron grill remaining closed, Mr. Days that he has received hundreds of Superintendent of the Imports and Grimmitt revented his identity and letters and telegrams from people op- Exports Department and a party the

shouted something, posing previous New Deal actions. Woman In the rear cubicle, where accused

defendont Recond

Amos R. E. Pinchot, brother of ex- ara-whereupon the was found, the pills and other para emerged from a cubicle and went to Governor Pinchol, has made a state- phernalia necessary for the manu-

nant the rear. Mr. Grimmlit thrust his ment charging that the judiciary re- facture of the drug were discovered. hand through the grill and seized the form programme is designed "to em-

Mr. Grimmilt and Mr. Taylor gave keys corroborative evidence, after which covered second defendant laying to the Court's-findings so that within keys and, on entering the floor, dis-power President Roosevelt to shape accused, in the witness-box, sald heide some packages of heroin. The the next few years he will control wat employed on the premises as a cook by a man named Yue Kwong. third defendant was also on the pre- the country's political and economic He was also told to look after the mises where she claimed some cloth life."United Press,

DEMOCRAT'S CRITICISM

Needing a little extra money, NE pills and to take the blame for their in as belonging to her. The back

Senator Burton K. Wheeler, De Chiu, 51-your-old carpenter, thought part of the premises was furnished ralded. with presence if the house was

the usual apparatus and moernt of Montana, sald he regarded he would pawn his son's He agreed, as he did not know then material of a heroin factory and, the President's judiciary reform pro- His wife objected, however, and that it was a serious offence. Sub

although the women claimed to have posal as being "nothing democratic or scolded him violently. Annoyed at sequently, he WOR informed

been employed by another woman, progressive, although it was a funda- this interference with his plans, be friends in a tea-lioure that posses- counsel submitted that they all knew mentally

proposal Aion of heroin pills was n

she refused to do so, he tried crime, and he accordingly tendered and drug.

endered of the unlawful nature of the work Administration, had avsat that the ordered her to shut up, and, when "If this Administration can increase quieten her with a bamboo pole, his resignation, which however, was

Mr. Crimmitt and Mr. II. A. the Supreme Court in order to make This only served to increase the noise not accepted.

Government Taylor, Accused called his wife and sister-Analyst, gave evidence.

Monopoly it subservient to its wishes, another and fetol in the neighbours, who had

can do like- NR arrested, in-law to testify that he was

be His Lordship sald there was no

asserted. "If the Court

Before

Mr. Macfadyen at the Kow- Food man,"

evidence on which the charge against properly interpreted the Constitution, toon Magistracy this morning, Ng The

the third defendant could be sustain-it would hold Congress empowered avowed his repentance for his in- ed, and she was accordingly dis- to regulate the hours and wages of judicious action, and was bound over

those engaged in inter-State charged.

com- in the sum of $10 for one year,

jury retired for about five minutes and returned an unanimous verdict of guilty.

Passing sentence, His Lordship said: It is a great pity that you did not take

ke the advice of your friends la the ten-shop. If ever again any body induces you to look after pink pills, my advice to you is go straight

Wien administration

even

+

HIT WIFE WITH BAMBOO POLE

HUSBAND REPENTANT

IN COURT

trousers.

After the ship was re-fitted as a yacht, Mr. and Mrs. Fahnestock and guests made a long trip from Hong- kong to Europe, considerable time being spent on the coast of India. Shenontonh returned fiere in 1931, and with the exception of one trip to Singapore and the Philippines In 1934, in the course of which the ran

on a reet near. Manila, has not since left Hongkong harbour.

The Shenondoah III, as her name Implies, is the third craft of that appellation to be owned by the Fahnestock family, Shenandoah 1 and Shenandoah If being smaller vessels than the present one.

It is understood that Mr. Fahnes-

Shenondoah IV, which will probably tock contemplates the construction of be a smaller vessel than the one now being broken up.

MADRID-VALENCIA

HIGHWAY SEVERED BY REBEL ATTACK

The testimony of the police inter-merce. The failure of the Court to

(Continued from—Page-1)- prater was taken and the two re- de so should impet us to ask for a maining defendants then elected to Constitutional amendment.

Committee opposing President Roose-sirens

shrieked o warning to the Every ind

Labour-Former make statements from the deck.

or pro velt's Supreme Court reorganisation The first accused said she was toldgressive-minded cluizen would have plans-all conferred with the Presi-papulace, which rushed to refuges.

A Government gunboat, the Maya. to the nearest Police Station and tel to go to the floor where she wautid i been, shocked in the event of Presi- I dent to-day for an hour and a half,

lying off the port, replied with heavy cook. She knew dents Harding, Coolidge or Hoover be employed as a

Subsequently, all indicated that

fire to the attack, which lasted some nothing of the heroin business, and having

intimated that they their stand was unchanged, except ten minutes. A cruiser is believed to had not meant to defy the raiding wanted to increase party but merely to delay them, as Court in order

the Supreme Senator King, who said: "I was very have been responsible for the shelling to make it sub-much pleased with the President's Reuter, her dress was rather inadequate at servient."

views, and

and am giving them serious Also he expressed the better that consideration." the time.

the Second defendant sald she also Supreme Court's decisions had knew nothing of the heroin factory,ben wrong regarding Child Labour. 40-She had no money and nothing to Minimura Wages and many other cat, so she accepted a job on the floor that President Roosevelt's plan was issues, but at the same time he said

dangerously empowering one Govern- mental branchfinited Prest.

them all about it. You will not, of course, have the opportunity to do so for some considerable time, as you will have to go to prison for three years with hard labour.

CASE POSTPONED

The trial of K. Itobanhe, a year old Japanese, on a charge of possessing and importing 724 ounces of heroin was postponed till the next Sessions by the Chief Justice, Sir Atholl MacGregor, at the Criminal Sessions this morning.

but had not learned what her duties would be.

His Lordship summed up briefly and the jury returned verdicts of guilty against both women, without

Mr. II. G. Sheldon, K.c.. who sretiring. appearing for the defence toge her Defendants were sentenced to three with Mr. Hin-shing Lo, on the in-years' hord labour ench.

Senator Carter Glass, who did not attend, described the President's plan 19 frightful proposition," and an- on the floor of the Senate. nounced that he would oppose the Bill

President Roosevelt's secretary sald the President arose from bed to-day SENATORS OPPOSE REFORMS red, and read the newspapers and Washington, Feb. 14. the Union Club's resolution opposta Senators Harrison, Byrnes, King, ludiciary reorganisation, after which Van Nuys and Burke-the three "he began to feel better immediately." latter being leaders of the Judiciary-United Press.

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Bilbao, Feb. 14.

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SIX BANISHEES SENTENCED

CASES HEARD AT SESSIONS

Deportation Ordinance.

Chou Tak-cheung, 20, Wong Him, 47, Lam Sun, and Liu Choi, each Defendant received a sentence of

one year,

For falling

from one to report

Sentences ranging Central Registration Office,

Police three years hard labour were im- Station, within 72 hours after nosed by the Acting Pulsno Judge,

1п arrival his

the Colony Mr. Justice J. J. Haydon, at the from

on Europe

February

7, Criminal Sessions this morning on European named Innocent Saeso, six men charged with breach of the aged 38, employed by the Hemgkong and Shanghai Hotels, was brought before Mr. K. Keen at the Central Magistracy this

morning. admitted the charge,

sentenced to 18 months and threa The Basque Press Bureau sintes ignorant of the local laying he was while Wong Nin and Lam Yen were to-day that the Basque Workers' Det.-Sergeant Edwards sold that years respectively. Association has cabled foreign Gov-on learning of defendant's arrival

the registration on ernments and the International Red the police communicated with Cross, declaring that seven Spanish Hongkong Hotel several times but did not appear until February 13 steamers have been celzed in Italian could not get on to defendant. and it was found that his passport for was not properly visaed. Nevertheless, ports and protesting against the However, a message was left Italian Government's decision to con- him, instructing him as to what he the man had permission vey the crews to the rebel city of should do. Defendant's employers Hongkong. Seville.-Renter.,

send promised to

for up

A fine of $25 was imposed.

February 10, but he

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