1939-01-31 — Page 14

Tuesday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

January 31, 1939.

Man In Car Shot "By Accident"

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the car. He came for me with o

ve it to me. When he got within

N alleged statement by a poultry farmer that he thought a man and a girl in a car were poultry thieves, and that his gun went off accidentally, killing the man, was read at Brentwood, Essex, recently. The farmer, forty-four- year-old John Darwood, of the two shots the man came out of Meadowside, Little Warley, torch in his hund, saying he would was accused of the murder about ten yards of me he held the of twenty-five-year-old John torch in the air as though to atrike Grahum Ritchie, commercial me. traveller, of Rosenvary Cottage, Lighthorne, near Warwick.

After two retirements, the Bench

tu the charge reduced slaughter, and Darwood was com milled for trial, bail beint allowed. He pleaded not guilty and reserved his defence.

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At the time of his death Ritchie)

lodging at Upminster-road. Hornchurch, Essex. Five months age he married the daughter of Mr. Thoma

Baxter, chairman of the

"I was backing away, pretending to fire my gun. I fred towards the ground between the man and myself, but the cartridge did not go off.

"By that time the man was right on top of me, and netually got the torch held up to strike me. was holding up the gun to protect mysel, The

accidentally Kun went off, and he fell on the greens- ward.

walked

the "Wheti I

towards chicken house I heard what I

Milk Marketing Board.

Mr. E G. Robey, prosecuting, said thought wan a number of men falk- that on December 28, Ritchie and, and I thought they were after a young woman friend of his, named my chickens."

Joan Crockett, went in Ritchie's ear to cinema at Upminster. After they came out of the cinema, just before eleven, they decided to go for a ride before returning home.

TORCH WAS SHONE

ON BACK OF CAR Shortly after eleven o'clock the car turned into a lane near Dar- wood'a form and stopped. Ritchle got out his pipe and was about to have a smoke. Mr. Robey added:

Mr. Robey said that it was true to say. In fairness to Darwood, that he complaints regarding

made buck chicken thieves,

A Jair summary of the statement was that Darwood's gun went off accidentally, and, most unfortunate- ly, killed Rilchic when he never intended to go off.

Jo Ethel Crockett, an attractive brunette, who described herself as a fartory worker, of Lambourne-gar- dens, Hornchurch, said she knew Ritchie as Mr. Graham.

"They had scarcely been there minute or two when there was the On December 28 she met him by sound of two explosions. You will appointment, and went to a cinema afterwards have little doubt they were two t Upminster, They shots fired by Darwood from his drove in the car to Iali-lane. When shot-gun. Mina Crockett saw the they heard the shot Ritchle got out light of a torch being shone on the back of the eur.

"Ritchie ret out of the car and walked towards the back with his torch switched on. Mbs Crockell heard some one speak down The rond. It was undoubtedly Darwood.

of the car.

She added:-

"He came running back to me. I opened the door of the ear on my side. He was saying, Joan, Juan, he has shot me. Call for the police., "

Crockett broke Miss

down and

"GAGS" ON THE STAGE: £80 FINES

Miss Crockett heard an expla- aten, and then Ritchie returned to wept as she left the witness-box. mission of the Censor resulted the car, where he collapsed, Re said he was shot. Miss Crockett ran to the arterial ront for help, and a molar-cyclist took her to the police station.

"When the returned to the lane, the car was half a mile down, and in a ditch.

11.10 a Mr. Gearing, "At about employed at a garage, heard Dar wood shouting. I have shot a mun. Let me phone the police. I wont the ambulance." He was very agitated, and had a shotgun in his hand.

ambulance mea found the greensward

The

Ritchie lying on some distance in front of the car. He was taken to Brentwood Hospi- tal, where he died at 12,30 am.

"When Durwood was seen by the polke at his home he was very distressed, and kept reiterating. 'It was an accident-a Dure acci-

lent.

1 FIRED TWO SHOTS

TO WARN MY WIFE

Mr. Robey read a statement al-

leged to have been made by Dar-

wood, in which he said that during

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"GAGS" introduced without per- Thomas Gearing urage atten- Philip Ridgeway, the producer and dani, said that Darwood come to tractor, being fined a total of £30 at garage, saying, "I want the police. North London recently following the Phone the police at once. Get the perfonnance of "Parade of 1932" ambulance. I have shot a man." Collins's Music Hall, Islington, N.

Dring snid Detective Inspector

that when charged Darwood replied:

Three summonses against Ridge- if only I could have my time over way, owner of the show, alleged in- I didn't intend to kill him.fringement of the Lord Chamberlain's again.

merely wanted to frighten him regulations. away."

Smoked Pipe As Cure

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TOLD 60 years ago by a doctor to smoke a pipe as a cure for illness, Mrs. Sarah Hayes. of Trebamog, TC- covered and recently cele- brated her 100th birthday.

Mrs. Hayes is still a confirmed

the last two years he had continu-pipe smoker.

ously lost chickens from his farm. "I was critically ill when the

making it necessary for him to watch day and night.

for brought me a clay pipe some strong tobacco," she said.

He had recently kept watch with a double-barrelled 12-bore gin. On December 20 he took his gun with to him, and saw the car, arrive in the Jane. The alleged statement went

on:

“1 heard some our say, 'Is every- thing all right?' I fred two shots in the air to give my wife a warning to get the car out, so that I could follow the other car.

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"Now my pipe is more important

me than food.

"My advice to the modern girl is to start smoking a pipe in- stead of so many elgarettes."

Mrs. Hayes smoltes a quarter pound of tobacco each week and

akes a pint of beer each day.

Her mother dropped dead in the street on her 100th birthday.

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Arthur Stott, comedian, lately of Collins's Music Hall. was fined a tetal} of £20 for acting a portion of a stage play before it had been allowed by the Lord Chamberlain and for acting ja portion of a stage play which had been disallowed by the Lord Chem- berlain.

Edward Walter Rice, owner of the theatre, and his manager. Bruce Lon- don, who each pleaded guilty to irausing a certain portion of a stage play to be presented which had been disallowed by the Lord Chamberlain, and causing to be played a portion of a stage play before it had been allowed by the Lord Chamberlain, were each fined £15.

BOY, BICYCLE AND TRAIN Mr. C. J. M. Gwatkin, for the Director of Public Prosecutions, said he was not pressing for the suspen- sion of the licence. The "Ridgeway Parade" was consed in September, had not been submitted to the Lord 1036, and the passages complained of Chamberlain for his licence. Had they been submitted, a leence would not have been granted in that form.

He was referring to an unlicensed portion which dealt with a boy and

bleycle and a railway train, when the magistrate (Mr. Basil Watson) said: "I don't think we need go into

it."

Mr. Gwatkin said that in the second portion there was # story which referred to a woman's legs. The third related to The old-time music-balt.

"SINCERELY SORRY"

Mr. A. K. Kisch, on behalf of Ridge- |way, sair that he was sincerely sorry for what had happened and under- took that nothing like it would hup- [pen again. He came as a first offen- [der and in that capacity asked for

indulgence.

Mr. John Maude, for Rice, said he was the lessee of the music-hall and hud been lessee and proprietor of various thentres for upwards of 40 years.

Mr. Eric Myers, for Stott, suid it was not a case of wilful breach, but one of genuine misapprehension. The performance took place before in exceptional audience, which pre- ferred its humour to be "direct rather

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