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Assault In DANGER TO THEATRE

Street

Hawkers' Wares Obstruct

Emergency Exit

Lo Hon-chol, 23, were separately Kr Hoi, 33, Châu Kiến, 40 tnd

Trader's Chargo Against

District Watchman charged before Mr. Q. A. A. Mac

fadyen at the Kowloon Magistracy fleenes and obstruction by placing yesterday with hawking without a their wares on the footpath.

Claiming to have been stopped and assaulted by a District Watchman be cause he was reluctant to allow him to search him without producing hils

authority, Tam Yuu-sans, traveling trader, brought a summons for us sault against District Watchman Lui Chong before Mr. B. A. D. Forrest at the Central Magistracy yesterday, Mr. M. A. da Silva, for Tam, asked that the charge be amended from one of: common assault to assault oces- sioning actual bodily harm. Inspes tor E. . Post watched the case on behalf of the Secretariat for Chinese

Aftuirs..

Dr. P. F. S. Court, of the Queen Mary Hospital, said he examined Tam April 17. He complained of tender- ness in the ribs. There was no evidence

on

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May 13, 1939.

$80,000 Grant For Drugs

E.R.C. Purchases In England

THE BOARD of the Ching Inspector Wright sald Ng had had Relief Drug Committee has two baskets of sugar cane in front made a grant of $80,000, by way of the Kwong Ming Theatre, You-of subsidy, to the Emergency mati, and as there were eight or nine other hawkers there, the en- Refugee Council. trance to the Theatre was completely locked. Hawkers at the Theatre had

en repeatedly warned to cease the plication by the Emergency Rellot obstruction. If anything untoward Council to the China Relief Drug happened inside the Theatre; people Committee to enable it to purchase there would find it very difficult to drugs in England. get out into the street, he said,

Ng was fined $2, Chau $1,.or six days imprisonment, and Lo 80 cents, or Ave days.

of bruising, and under an X-ray DRUGS FOR REFUGEES examination, there was no fracture

of the ribs. There was an old-frac-.

ture in the region of the spine, It Grant from British Fund was possible that a tapso of three days had made a difference in the tenderness.

To Relief Committee

Tam said about 3.30 pm, on April The Emergency Refugee Counell 14, he was in Bonham Strand East has received $80,000 from the British when the defendant, accompanied by Fund for the Relief of Distress in atout man, told him to put up his China, as a subsidy to the China Re- hands, and intimated that he wanted lief Drug Committee to enable it to to search him.

purchase drugs in England. "had some money in my breast The grant was made in answer to pocket,

continued Tam, "and fold an application to the Fund in March, Lul that I was willing to go to the and was in the nature of a subsidy, police station with him if he wished as it was understood that each or to search me. I also told him that Iganisation ordering drugs would pay did not know whether he was to the China Rellet Drug Committee policeman, and asked him to produce the value of the drugs ordered, in- his identification card. I said this cluding a proportionate amount of because I had been similarly stopped the outlay necessary to maintain a inst year by two men who said they godown and staff. were policemen and who stole money from me after a search.

Struck With Fist

"When I made my request, Lut seized me by the chest in an angry

This was the result of a recent ap-

The object of the China Relief Drug Committee is to aid various relief organisations to purchase drugs more economically and expeditiously. The Council's application was in the nature of a subsidy, it being understood that each organisation ordering drugs would pay to the China Relief Drug Committee the

value of the drugs ordered, including A proportionate amount of the outlay tecessary to maintain a godown and staff.

League Meeting Postponement

GENEVA, May 12. The League of Nations has issued

Council meeting has been postponed until May 22 at the request of several governments,

a communique announcing that the

The Russian demarche has not been mentioned.-United Prees.

It is the object of the China Relief Drug Commitice to aid various relief WASHINGTON, May 12-Admiral organizations in purchasing drugs | William Leahy, retiring Chief of more economically and expeditiously. Naval Operations, has been selected by President Roosevelt as Governor of Puerto Rico, la succession to

manner and struck me three times persons in the locally where the Major-General Winship-Reuter.

in the back with his fist, exclaiming alleged assault had taken place. "There's proot for you." The fat man also caught hold of me and searched me. Finding nothing on me, he said he would give me a chance and told me to go away. Before releasing me with a push, Lul stopped my face. 1 did not go away, but told both men that 1 wished to go to the police station with them. They accem- panted inc, but half way to Central Police Station, the fat man left us.

Mr. Forrest asked Inspector Post

to see whether It was possible to place Lui on another beat during the

“At the station, I was about to nike a report to the Inspector on duly when Lut stopped me. He told the" Inspector that I

Mr. G. C. Moss has been appointed

me of the adjournment. Ir.pector to act as Superintendent of the Fire Post replied that he would ceo to it. Brigade, during the absence of Mr. After warning Lul, his Worship J. C. Fitz-Henry or until further adjourned the case to May 18. notice.

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had been acting LAST 4 TIMES TO DAY

ft: a suspicious manner and that he had wanted to search me but that I had refused to allow him. I was searched at the station, and then taken out for enquiries. On my co- turn, I was released.

"After returning home, I felt pains in the back, and returned to the police station, where I reported to the Inspector. He examined me and then sent me to Hospital." *

Tam produced the jacket he was wearing on the day of the alleged Assault, and pointed to a tear in one of tho bulton hooks where he said he had been seized by Lui.

Cross-examined by Lul, Tam denlod that Lul had produced his identification card as requested.

Sent to Hospital

Sub-Inspector M. J. Flattery sald he was Inspector on duty on April 14 when Tam was brought in by Luf who reported that Tam had refused to be searched. After Tam had been released, he returned in the evening and made a complaint, as a result of which he was sent to hospital. That was the only occasion he had made a complaint.

Examined by Mr. Silva, Inspector Flattery said he did not notice any marks on Lul when he examined him. He did not see any attempt being made by Lul to stop Tam from speaking when they first came into the station.

His Worship enquired of Mr. Silva If any attempts had been made to find independent witnesses of the alleged assault.

Mr. Silva replied that no attempt had been made, but suggested that in the interests of both his client and the defendant an adjournment should be made to find such wii- nesses,

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