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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, MONDAY, JUNE 27, 1038.

Says Heroin "Planted" In His Cubicle

Accused Denies Police Version. Of Talk

DIPLOMAT Unusual Law

RUSHING Invoked To TO BERLIN Convict Man

German Ambassador's Refused To Submit To

Mission A Mystery Search In Street

Alleging that he had been made

Hankow, June 27... the victim of a deliberate "plant" to

An unusual charge of refusing The German Embassy has to be searched by the Police, luvalve him in trouble, Leung Wins, now 39. describing himself as a travelling

informed tho Chinese brought under the Arms and trader, appeared before Mr. Justice Foreign Office of the departure Ammunition Ordinance of 1900, B. H. Williams at the Criminal Bes-of Dr. Oskar Trautmann, Ger- was preferred against a 42-year- alons this morning, charged with the man Ambassador to China, by old Chinese at possession of eight ounces of heroin air liner from Hankow to Berlin. Magistracy this morning.

the Central st an address in Temple Street, an June 1

The Chinese authorities deny the kan, was sentenced to six weeks' The man, named Lau Sing- tumours relations, which, according to some imprisonment for the offence.

regarding Sino-German quarters, have become strained as a result of the recall of the German kong Pollee have the power-unique, Under the 1900 Ordinance Hong- advisers to the Chinese Government. it is bellevet, in the British Empire -to stop and search for arms, any

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Accused, who pleaded not guilty, was. defended by the Hon. Mr. Leo d'Almoda, Jr., instructed by Mr. G. S. Ford, of Wilkinson and Grist. Mr. E. W. Davies, the Crown Solicitor, prosecuted.

Messrs, B. Pasco (foreman). Tsu n-iscung, Harry Way. D. O. A. Alouco, Chan Ping-cheung, G. Borst end Molt Kam-chan comprised the

fury empanelled to try accused,

Mr. Davies stated that about 10.15 a.in. on June 3, Revenue Officer Ste-ong yesterday. He new here from police officer suspects of having arms prns, accompanied by

in his possession, strried out a rak

It is stated that the newly-appoint-European or Chinese person found in ed Chinese Ambassador to Germany. the streets or in any public place Mr. Cheng Chich, will be leaving from dusk to dawn, or stop and search sortly for Berlin-Reuter,

for arms at any time of the day or Dr. Trautmann arrived in Hong-suspicious manner,

night any person who acts in a or whom the

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by other ofleers, Hankow. According to Chinese

No. 154 Temple sources he was remaining in long- Street, first flour. On knocking at kong only briefly and would return to the door, it was opened by a woman, Hankow, and accused was found sitting on a tresle bed outside the front cublete,, in which was a woman asleep. De- ferulant was questioned, and sild he was the occupant of the front eubicle. The woman who was asleep was his wife, he claimed.

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The raiding party then entered the cubicle, and a search was made.

top shelf of the cupboard of 73 wash-hund stand, Revenue Offeer Stephens found a curdboard bux con- taining two packets of powder.

Ac- eerd was asked whom the box he- longed to. nnd said it was his, and addled that someone had brought it ter Jimmy

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eurroboration given by R. O. Stephteris.

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DECIDED ON ARREST Co-examined by Mr. D'Almada wils it that only one question was asked arened outside the cubicle, und Pir rest aside When necused i hutist the powder was his, witness decaled arrest him

Accursed told

Did he say ip gave

3. D'Abatta at the parcel that morning? Witness He said ip gave him the fuel, but did not say when

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pald on July 9 This announcement was made to-day by the Austrian bankers, Messes. Morgan, Grenfell & Co.. octing upon fustructions from the Bank of International Settlements at Basle.

Payment on the Austrian Imans for June has not yet been made.

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I pa A to you that the only reason a why such a large number of ques- Mons were asked him was because you det not get an admission that the powiler belonged to him?-That was not the reason.

I put it to you that the first thing he said was that it was brought to hit that morning?-No.

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1923 to give the Police this power, The Ordinance, which was amended

is in this respec; a relic of the early twenties, when there was an out- break

serlous armed robberies In the Colony. The amendment has never been repealed.

the

Lau Sing-kan was brought before! Mr. R. Butters morning on two additional charges assault on police, and enusing damage to Government

Property. The

property in question was the shirt of a Chinese Constable, valued at 5 cents

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When Lau Chinese constable in Wanchai Road at

was stopped by yesterday, he refused to be pestrober In the he tore the Constable's tunic, und

Trulting

strugude. when

um poilerman drew his baton, seized the weapon and belaboured the constable with

The man WEN rot overpowered until a European, Mr W Bonner, came to the rescue of the Constable.

The man was arrested and taken to Wanchal Police Station, where a search revealed nothing incriminating in his possession.

The man appears to be mentally Heterent," "This Bung, Court this morning.

Mr. Butlers was told in friend

}; Ladinittel two previous convic- tions for begging. In passint sen- Lau's mental condition be observed force,

the Magistrate requested that A prison

witness that a man named Ip had; bought 1 box to him, and that pa statement, which read Event in Chenzugshawan Rond.

was left behind by can't find him.

Wong Yuk, principal tenant of the floor, sult that defectant had been he tenant since December last year. rental 11f SI P month. About 15 minutes or ant an hour before the raid a men had called on accused, but she did not notice whe- the the mas corried a box with him or not. The visitor had been let into the house by Ah Sam, un amah.

Defendant then gave evidence, und said that about 15 minutes before the raid, a man named ip had called on him, and had brought a box ip asked defendant to keep the box for him, and when defendant asked what was in it, he replied; "Nothing: Just ordinary things." p further suid he would call back for the box in a short while.

Defendunt hac known Ip for six or seven years. said he had told R. O. Stephens It was incorrect that defendant where Ip lived, as he did not know. On May 20, tp had called on itim, and stayed a few minutes,

I suggest nerused did not tell you where Ip ved--He told Ine ip's surname and address.

APPEARED EXCITED Witness added that when the box was discovered, accused appeared to be a little excited.

Defendant declared he did not look

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Wat Pak-ylu, interpreter attached to the Import and Export Depart ment, sald he accompanied R. O. Stephens

Un the raid. Witness sald he heard accused reply to Stephens, when questioned, about the box. "It is inine, and is for sale."

Cross-examined by Mr. D'Almada, into the box to see what was in it, witness agreed that the cubicle was Stephens that the box

and denied having told R. very small, and that he was in a

belonged position to hear what was asked and him. ile had never seen heroin he- what accused said in reply. Here, and did not know the bax added, however, that during part of contained heroin. the the the party was in the cubicle. he was engaged in examining some papers and documents, and did pay much attention to what was suid. Mr. D'Almodn: I put it to you that defendant never did any the powder belonged to him; that he said it was left by a friend,

Witness: No.

"PLANT" SUSPECTED Cross-examined not

by Mr. Davies, defendant said he did suggest that the box had been left with him a deliberate "plant" to get him into trouble.

STRYCHNINE AND HEROIN Mr. D. E. Davis, the ueting Gov- ernment Monopoly Analyst, said that; he examined the contents of the two packets, and found one to contain two aunces of strychnine, and the other, eight ounces of heroin, suff- cient for approximately 200,000 pills. Lo Shun-chuen, police interpreter, said that when charged, accused made

Called as a witness for the defence, Chan Sum, an amah employed by the tenant of the rear cubicle of the flut, said she had admitted Ip flat on June 3 about 10 or 15 minutes into the before the revenue officers arrived. The man was carrying a cardboard box, and was looking for He only stayed a short while. She had seen the man when he called on accused about a before, week before his arrest.

The case is continuing.

accused.

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the plains of Honan into Anhwei Province, and threaten the greatest disaster in the history of China's Sorrow-as China's second largest river is called-may be gauged from statistics issued by the Yellow River Conservancy Board. The total flow of water past Chengchow, junction of the Lunghai and Peiping-Hankow railways, is at present 3,240,000,000 gallons an hour.

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Close Watch Kept For Terrorists

The floods have driven a 100-mlle

Shanghal, June 27. wedge between the Chinese ond Sunday having established Japanese forces in Honan and, except as the favourite day for the activities Itself 34 Isolated positions where the of Chinese terrorists, the police of Japanese have been cut off on the both the International Settlement and Chinese side of the flood-waters, has French Concession kept a spect-

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uched their peak.

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special watch was kept over the River past Chengchow is 3,240, radio stations, which had 000,000 gallons an hour. By the end bombed previously, and the riot been of July the anticipated flow will be squads stood by during the night 13,840,000,000 gallons ва haur-al hours.---Router,

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five-fold increase. Oments beliovul that the river will definitely increase Its flow by the amount, due to the summer rains anticipated in nid- July.

FLOOD VERY DEEP

Hankow, June 27, The Yellow River food water at Fukow, about 75 kilometres south of Kaifeng, to three metres deep und covers an area extending for about 20 miles, according to telegraphie re- port received here from an official off the National Relief Commission who f is carrying out relief work in the i flooded areas.

At Shwa, south-east of Fukow, the murky water is one and a half metres deep and 10 miles wide, he reported.--Central News,

May Drive Into Fukien

From Amoy

Shanghai, Jano 26. The Japanese forces at Amoy aro reported to be concentrating large supplies on the

island, apparently is preparation for a drive inland through Fakien pro- vince.-United Press.

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