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THE HONGKONG

TELEGRAPH, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1938.

GRIM CLUES INVESTIGATED

INVESTIGATED ALHAMBRA

FOR S.S. POLICE

Detective's Murder Recalled

By Analyst

Police Raid Counterfeiters

SEVERAL MEN GET STIFF TERMS

Two of the persons apparently

of

severely dealt with at the Criminal

Grim clues to suspected crimes are discussed in pre-responsible for the Introduction cise and formal manner in a Government report just counterfeit coins in the Colony were issued. Murder as well as petty crime is recalled, and the Sessions this morning, each being report is a striking illustration of how the police of Mala-sentenced to three years' hard labour They were Yim Snú, 28. and Li ya are turning to science in their fight against law-Yung, 24, and the charges against them were possession of ten counter- breakers.

felt ten-cent coins, 104 counterfeit

pieces and a five-cent

number

spic.

of

moulds for counterfeiting purposes. They pleaded guilty.

It was slated in the Lower Court that they were arrested in a house in- Main Street, Shauitiwan, on August 6, as the result of a rald.

Woman Caught

The report, that of the Government Analyst, Mr. M. Jamieson, details his investigations during the past year. A wide assortment of gar- asphalt was found to have been used ments, choppers, knives, poles, to make a mess in the keyhole of a lorry-wheels, scissors, ruzors, ANONYMOUS LETTERS hammers, newspapers, chains,

Of Ave cases of alleged cheating, keys, planks, cts, was submitted two concerned similar exhibits name. Sentence of two years' hard labour by the police for examinationly "gold" wristbands made actually was imposed on a woman, Chan Slu, says the report. There were in of copper and covered with a casing by Mr. Justice E. H. Williams at the all. 181 exhibits; blood was 47 per cent, gold: one concerned a Criminal Sessions this morning, for bar of "gold" made of copper coated the possession of 1,978 counterfeit identified in 95 exhibits and de- with gold: and one concerned "gold" 10-cent coins. She was arrested on

August 13 at Wing Kat Street, monstrated to be human in 76 bracelets made actually of brass.

Chan pleaded guilty to the charge, exhibits.

The report also tells how the type-but suld the coins did not belong to writer used for some anonymous her,

In two cases where the Information letters was traced. Photographic Before passing sentence, his Lord-

The inquiry the was significant to

enlargements were made of the ship said that the evidence showed blood was found not to be human. critical letters and police were able that defendant had visited the Colony

to onother case dog's blood was.

very frequently during the last ove years. He accepted her statement was relevant to a question at issue as very different kind of investi-that she was only carrying the ening to whether the dog when shot had gation was made to ascertain the for someone, but even so, she must bren chained up.

amount of adulteration of ghee. As have known she was committing an Human hairs were found (andļa result an importer was warned that offence.

had been offered was Identified) associated with three of thee he these bloodstained exhibits. Dust or adulterated with vegetable oil.

ufentified on a chain. This finding find the particular type-writer.

dirt was also examined in two cases, but nothing sgnificant was disclosed. Tissur removed from the bumper

of u a lorry proved to contain small Pickpocket

Luman hairs. Some of these were de- monstrated to be in rooted organic association with remaining tissue in- dicating that the Intter was human skin.

MURDERED-DETECTIVE

Howrs were examined in the case of the murder of a detective to see whether any opinion could be ex- pressed as to the individual from whom these originated. As the "sample" hairs from the two in- in- dividuals concerned were distinguishable no information could be obtained.

Picked On Wrong Victim

;

Mr. J. B. Prentis, Assistant Crown Solleitor, prosecuted.

Refugee Convicted

A young Chinese, Li Chl-shing, 25, unemployed. appeared before Mr. Justice E. H. Williams at the Criminal Sessions this morning, charged with

047

five-cent counterfeit making pieces

and 42 counterfeit 10-cent pieces, possession of 082 counterfeit calus, and possession of eight moulds for counterfeiting,

been

Pleading guilty all counts, de- Police Inspector Was

fendant was sentenced to five years hard labour on the first, and to three His Customer years on both the second and third, the sentences to be served concurrent- Even the best of criminals makely,

Mr. J. D. Prentis, Assistant Crown mistakes, but to try and steal some-

no exceptionally thing from a police officer, of all Solicitor, said it was

bad case. Defendant had people, surely that's asking for it. Information was given comparing❘

While Acting Sub-Inspector J. I. eaught in the act of making the coins hairs found a dressing table titt Edwards was taking the evening air at a flat in Tal Nam Street on August of a murdered prostitute with a hair down Queen's Road, Central, on 31, and a very large number of coins were found. The paraphernalia for found on a bloodstained cloth collect- Friday, he was approached by

counterfelling

compre- Chinese who asked him for help. ed en the scene of crime.

In connection with

a fatal motor)

Whether it was the way of asking hensive and a very large number of car accident a small black deposit which made Mr. Edwards suspicious coins could be made.

Ilis Lordship, sentencing defendant, suraped. from the front bumper of a or the movement of the supplicant's car was compared with the black hand was not revealed at the Central said that defendant had prefessed to painting

on the bicycle involved in Magistracy, where Lau Hol-wan, 20, be refugee when he came to Hong-

kong. the accident. Both were found to be unemployed found himself to-day.

This is the way you have shown And three months' hard tabour was black asphaltic enamel and to behave

answer he heard from the your gratitude to the Colony," florly on treatment with certain

concluded. 21 Magistrate-for trying to steal solvente and reagents.

the

A ringlet was submitted for in-policeman's fountain pen. d'eation as to the circumstances of

pistol shooting This was demon- strated to have been done in the back!

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Black trousers were examined (along with other clothing examined als for hamon and dog bloodstains), in a case of death from thotgun wounds, in order to establish the range of shooting, which was a point nt Issue In the evidence and one of Ine utinost significance. From ob- servation of the spread of the shot. oined at various ranges using the saine weapon and similar cartridges.. the range was established at about 20 feet,

In four cases of suspected mischiet yellow clay soil was found in the lubricating oil of a motor r. which had suffered; soap was found in a plate of food; a suspected grape fruit¦ proved to be innocent and road

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