1939-02-28 — Page 39

Tuesday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

February, 28, 1939.

This Morning's Important Court Cases In Hongkong POLICE SERGEANT NOT GUILTY OF ATTACK ON MAGISTRATE'S SERVANT

EUROPEANS SENT TO HOUSE OF DETENTION

TWO MEN were committed to the House of Detention when! they appeared before Mr. R. Edwards at the Central Magie- tracy to-day.

Thief Claims He

Was Robbed,

Wounded

"Would Have Searched

For the Outdoor Girl

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Governor's "Boy

"POLICE" SERGEANT H. N. Moran, Officer-in-charge of Gough Hill Police Station, was this morning found not guilty of having assaulted Li Cheung, boy employed by Mr. R. A. D. Forrest, Senior Magistrate, on February 7, when the case was continued before Mr. R.. Edwards at the Central Magistracy this morning.

Mr. M. A. da Silva, appeared for white Mr. E. H. Williams, Crown Counsel, appeared on behalf of Sergeant Moran.

been placed on extra duty to trace complainant the alleged robbers.

Jonathan Gordon MacDaniel, 32, unemployed, a native of South Americo, it was sald, went to the

WITH A WOUND on his arm, a authorities on February 27 and sald man named Li Lau, 30, entered the that he had no means of livelihood. Shamshulpo Pollee Station on Sunday He had been in Court on a previous night and said that he had been at- occasion in similar circumstances and tacked by two

men, armed with hard had been committed to the House of choppers, in a knitting factory in Fuk Detention. He had found employ-Wah Street, Shanshulpo district, and that $340 had been stolen from the

ment but had just lost his job,

The other, George Gilbert, 20, a accountant's office, native of Jamalco, had also given himself up to the authorities on February 27. He had been receiving help from the Benevolent Society for some time and had been sleeping cut in the open.

Although the poller did not believe his story, they turned out extra men to detect the alleged robbers, and at the same time they searched Li and Questioned. found that he had $310. Li admitted that the report he had

nade was untrue.

L was sentenced to one month's

Jabour

the on

charge ol

larceny, and was fined $75 or another six weeks' hard labour on the second count,

the sort. It was an act of preventing him from getting away,

Was your temper ruffled?-Not in the slightest.

When he told you that he was Mr.

Forrent's boy why did you search even if he said that he him?I would have searched him Governor's boy,

wha

the

At the previous hearing I was alleged that Li, who had been house- nine years, was returning to his keeper to Mr. Forrest for the last master's house about 1.15 am. on the ANOTHER CASE

day in question. He had been to house on the Peak where he and Anuther ease of giving false In-others had been playing mah jongg. formation to the police came before At the time he was dressed in Eur-forward?--I did not, for if I had hit Mr. Mucfadyen.

opean styled clothing and wore an overcoat. He had three friends with

they neared the

I suggest that you delivered com- plainant a blow as you pulled him

man of his size, there would have been marks on film.

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The defendant was Chan Stu-po, ¦ him.

I don't suggest that it was Wor 37, described as a rent collector, and Memorial Hospital, Sergeant Moran,

particularly hard blow, but a blow "you This morning. Li was charged be- he pleaded guilty to the charge,

who was on the roud called out and delivered to show him that tore Mr. Q. A. A. Macfadyen at the

asked then to stop. It was alleged meant business?"The only blow, if A. S. I. Byron said that Chan that Sergeant Moran used an EMERGENCY FOOD

hr- you call it that, was when I reached Kowloon Magistracy with larceny and giving falce information to the reported to the Shamchulpo Police rogant tone in his command and out for him and pulled him forward.

Station at 6 p.m. yesterday that four when he tok them

Mr. Edwards in discharging de- police

to put their Singapore Government May

Acting Sub-Inspector C. T. Byron Chinese men. two of whom had hands up, they complied with his re-fendunt, said that he was quite raid that Li was employed as a daggers with them, had robbed him quest. It was further alleged that satisflet with Morap's version. of the Organise Reserves

machine minder in the Kai San Knil- of $50 in Tal Nam Street at 7.20 p.m. when ormplainant put his hands up. incident. miere for. Full Wall Street. His on the previous evening. Chan said Moran said to him "What are you Singapore, Feb. 27.

that the men had tied his holds with laughing at?" Li, it was alleged. un Sunday cil to-day, Sir John Bagnall urged it was flat at 10.50 p.m.. white! a piece of wire and had gogged him was not laughing at the time, but i

Speaking in the Legislative Coute-eport of the robbery

by forcing an orange into his mouth. bis reply at the time had probably Italy he was alone in the factory, two men the Government to organize emer-entered the premises with choppers. When the robbers left him, he walked angered Moran who pulled him by gency food reserves, take action to ensure that adequate i One of the men attacked him, wound-į home through the streets, sill) bound the lupel of his coat and, it was

especially to

ing him on the arm, and the other and gagged. His wife released him, allerted, delivered him a hard blow In maintained

ransacked the accountant's office, of his bonds. stealing $340. twoj "When searched,"

A. S. 1. Byron. "The $140 was found in Li's jacket pocket. The reason he gave for stealing the money was because he had lost a bit of money playing mahjong."

that

supplies of rice the Colony.

Sir John suggested month supplies should be kept in bonded godowns with the agreement of merchants

and he urged that house holders form individual stocks of non-perishable foodstuffs,

:;ail

"Chan then seemed to have had al loss of memory, for he had not thought of making a report until yesterday evening," added the police officer.

11 was said that Chan had made up the robbery report because he had

His Excellency the Governor, Sie! A. 5. 1. Byron asked Mr. Minefnd-lost money, which he was alleged to

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on his chest.

He then rominenced to search all the others and made enquiries from them. When he was told by com- plainant that he was Mr. Forrest's housekeeper, he was alleged to have sail in English, "If you work for Mr. Forrest, you ought to know better."

Complainant in his evidence at the previous hearing sold that the blow hard alleged to have been delivered, was

Thomas, agreed that the yen to take a serious view of the case, have embezzled from his mistress, in question must be the concern of the as the police in Kowloon had been Government and it

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At to-day's hearing. Sergeant | Italian colonial Empire, Mora gave his version of the in- According to the French papers lo- cident in the witness box.

day tits repatriation of italians is not confined to Marseilles but extends to He said that during the period he Corsiet and even Paris, French had been in the Police Force, namely, political quarters are considering the 12 years and five mouths, no one had possibility of granting remediate brought a 4050 against him for naturalisation to all Italians unwilling assault. On the morning; in question, to repatriate.-Trans-Ocean. he was out on general patrol.. His duties involved general supervision' and the searching of persons. He had to be particularly alert at

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there was an increase in crime and

larcenics. Defendant said that from

July of last year to the present time

there had been an increase of about Singapore

120 per cent. In larcenies on the Peak.

and the total amount of loss sustained was in the region of $5,000.

On the morning in question, he' saw five Chinese walking along the road between the War Memorial Hospital and 173, The Peak. When'

he got nearer he shouted to them to

Legislation To Aid Mui-Tsai

Singapore, Feb. 27,

stop. One of them ran away, while The Hon. Mr. A. B. Jordon, Secre- two of the others stopped, and the tary for Chinese Affairs, Introduced other two walked on in a sort of in the Legislative Council to-day a half-hurrying

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The Children's bill described as pace. One of these two was the complain- Charter," which is a sequel to the ant. Defendant drew his revolver Government's adoption of the and with his torch in the other hand Minority Report of

of the

Once Colonial shouted out to them once more to Muitsal Commission which visited stop. They all then came towards Malaya and Hongkong in 1936. where defendant was standing.

of the mulisal, but makes compulsory TOLD TO PUT UP THEIR HANDS the registration of all girls under 14

The Bill does not affect the status

who are not living near their rela-

As they approached him, Moran tions. told them to put up their hands.

Another bill provides legislation for Complainant who had put up his the Chinese form of child adoption. hands. let them drop and

said in United Press. English, "I am Forrest's boy." Last year Hongkong amended the

Mr.

As he said so, complainant com Ordinance for the Protection of Wo-

menced backing away. Defendant men and Girls, on the Majority Re- slipped his revolver back into the port which recommended belter ma- holster and reached out for defend-chinery for the protection of trans- ant, grabbed hold of his lapel, and ferred children,

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in the allegation that he pulled com- plainant and delivered the blow. J. M. D'Almada Remedios was After the search the men walked to-fined $5 by Mr. Q. A. A. Macfadyen wards 151, The Peak, and he did not at the Kowloon Magistracy this discover the identity of the man who morning for leaving his vehicle un- attended in Shanghai Street near Market Street on February 9 from In reply to cross-examination by 6.5 p.m. to 7.25 p.m. Mr. Silen, Moran said that when he Remedios was not in Court but stopped and searched people his was represented by a friend. powers were very wide. -

Mr. Silva: After your search were

you satisfied that there was nothing wrong?--Yes,

When complainant told you that

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Tour- kidneys have, nine million tubes or filters which are endangered by You admit that you grabbed him neglect of deastie, trritating drugs. Das and pulled him forward?—You.

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I did not take it as impertinent.

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