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1940.

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

October

By Ernie Bushmiller

SQubos

Page Of Hongkong Court And General News

Amazing Variety Of Bank Notes

Possession of Forged Currency Charges

CHINESE COUPLE

MACAO GARRISON

About 180 Portuguese negro troops from Timor in' the Dutch East Indies. ar- rived at Hongkong on board a Dutch steamer this morn. ing bound for Macao.

The troops who tranship- ped to-day were Accom- panied by Lieut. J. Ramalho Dos Santos.

The possession of 4 large...

quantity of forged Hongkong, FR. GRANELLI'S CAR

Chinese and foreign curreney, was alleged against a man and

a woman, charged before Mr.

H. G. Sheldon, K.C., at the Cen- tral Magistracy this morning.

На An

of

Reported Stolen

Father Gronelli, Rector of St. Teresa's Church, Kowloon Tong, han

Two Appeals Decided At Supreme Court To-Day

A RICKSHA-PULLER AND A FIREMAN OF THE FIRE BRIGADE FIGURED IN TWO APPEALS AGAINST CONVICTION BEFORE THE CHIEF JUSTICE, SIR ATHOLL MACGREGOR, AT THE APPEAL . COURT MORNING.

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The ricksha-puller was Cha n Mel and he appealed against | conviction for attempted larcen y from the person of an Ameri can sailor, which resulted in hluf, being sentenced to four! months' hard labour by Mr. H. G. Sheldon, K.C., Senior Magis-

reported the loss of his Austin Seven Defendants were 1p Fook, 59, de-motor car, No. 901, which was stolentrate.

for Chan, Mr. H. C. Appearing the from outside the new St. Teresa's scribed

ex-umetni Chinese Government and a native of Hospital in Prince Edward Road on Macnamara, who was instructed by Messrs, Woo and Woo, said that the Cantan, and Len King, 35, described Thursday.

war

Gun Club Hill

ground for the appeal was that the as a concubine. Ip's address

was not given as 17 Wanchai Road, second A tablecloth valurd nt $10 was Anding of the Magistrate flour, and Lum's as 3 Canal Hond stolen from the billiard room at Gun supported by the evidence, which was

Club Hill between midnight Enxt, third floor.

equally consistent with guilt as with equally They were jointly charged with the Wednesday and nm an Thursday innocence. possession of 274 Central Bunk

of

on

there

was a

THIS

PETROL GAMBLE

Merchant's Store Confiscated

Mr. Macnamara submitted that! some time must have clapsed before Vacciano got on his feet and gave chase, and it might well be that dur- ing the interval the real culprit had made good his escape. Varclano had aald he was certain appellant was the man yet he gave no reason for it. and Counsel suggested it was pru-

Before Mr. H. G. Sheldon, K.C., at According to the complainant, Mr. bable he formed too rapid en Idea China 6-Yuan notes, 150 Kwanglung While driving his car in Fuk Chuen 1.. J. Vacciano, of U.S.S. Asheville, that the first man he grabbed was the the Central Magistracy this morning, one who had attempted to rob him. Wong Yan, 29, a shop-keeper, was charged with the possession of $70 Provincial Bank $8 nutes, 30 Street yesterday. Mr. C, M. Larsen he was riding in a ricksha, pulled by

Crowded Street

tins of petroleum without a Beence, Chartered Bank of India, Australia knocked down л four-year-old the appellant, along Lockhart Road

The appellant, went on. Mr. Mac and with allowing 400 gallons of and China $10 notes, 75 Canton Chinese boy, who ran across the read towards the London Cafe when il

The boy, was

was suddenly

At that tira:

den lect the nomarii,

accusation upsel

petroleum to be on the Praya at Municipal Bank $3 notes, 119 Gov in front of the vehicle

$3 according to Mr. Larsen's report,

typhoon blowing and throughout and his story should be Wanchal in tins which were not ernment of Straits Settlements

back, believed in view of the fact that the marked on the outside with the name notes. 59 Javasche Bank 25-Guilder ked himself up immediately after, when Vaccinno

was on his notes, 10 Republlen Mexicann 10-|and ran away, apparently uninjured.everal hands came through the street was quite crowded at the time and description of such goods.

Inspector Portallion said the Police for his pockets. He and that mure than two hands felt for Pesas notes, two United States

blinds feeling America $20 notes, two Javasche of China $10 notes, knowing them to

grabbed the hand in his pocket but Vacciano's pockets. It was possible were asking for confiscation of the Bank 50-Gullder notes, 139 Banque be forged.

Mr. Alfred S. K. Lau appeared for the person managed to break away that some passers-by, on seeing the goods in addition to any penalty the de L'Indo-Chine 3-Piastre notes, one

Vacciono gave chase and after run-ricksha upturned, might have at Magistrate might impose. He point Banque de L'Indo-Chine 1-Plastre boil: necused.

Inspector F. T..J. Portellion ask-ning about five feet caught hold of tempted to commit the theft, and if ed out the danger of fire breaking nole, one Banco Americmo Guate-

the man, who turned out to be the there was that possibility the appel-out in a coal-yard nearby.

Mr. K. F. Wang, defending, stated lant mala 1-Peso

must be given the benefit of the Thailanded for a formal remand until Monday.

appellant.

that the tins in which the petrol were doubt. S-Tical notes, and 799 Central Bank which was granted.

Mr. J. P. Murphy, Assistant Crown contained were found on a junk, not who appeared for the in the yard. Defendant had acted as he submitted there was sufficient rather foolishly, he went on, evidence to warrant the conviction thought the price of petrol was going because Vacciano had stated he was up and he intended to speculate. The definite the appellant was the man goods were valued at over $0,000, and he asked that they should not be who had attempted to rob him.

confiscated,

note,

41

of

TO-DAY at the KING'S

HAPPENED IN HONOLUL

Deanna Durbin Apa Date

KAY FRAN

GR PIEDEON

His Lordship observed that whilst the good faith of Vacciano was not challenged, it seemed that all he actually saw were the hands that felt his pockets. Undoubtedly there was more than one person, and the difficulty was that there was nothing to identify the hands.

Mr. Murphy: The Magistrate was in the best position to test that.

The goods were ordered by the Magistrate to be confiscated.

Protected Area-

For trespassing in the Kowloon Godowns, a protected area, on Thurs- Uncertain Identification day, four men, Cheung Pun-yan, His Lordship: That is the dim-Leung Fu, Tsoi Ngau and Tang Chol, culty. The Magistrate saw and heard were fined $5, in default two weeks' the parties, and he is one with very hard labour, by Mr. Himsworth at great experience. But on the notes Kowloon Magistracy this morning. I have great difficulty in coming to

nt the

the conclusion that the identification

that mother stated that on three ocen had that degree of certainty British Justice required The pre-slons, appellant had called sence of the appellant was easily.ex-house saying he was Detective Yuen plained because he was the puller of Chi-wing. On the other hand, the the ricksha, and there was no doubt daughter said that on two of the oc- that there were several people in the easions when appellant called he did

Under the cir- not mal: misrepresentation but | street at the time. cumstances, I have come to the con- merely stated he was a Government clusion, though with some diffidence, servant, while the father's evidence that the apocal must succeed because, made no mention of any misrepresen- there was not that degree of certainty |tation at nil:

demanded by British Justice

In view of these discrepancies, Mr. Silva submitted, the Magistrate should Impersonated The other appellant was Au Ng, have dismissed the case, especially who was fined $150 with the alterna- as appellant had established that on tive of two months' hard labour by the first two occasions when he was Mr. Sheldon on a charge of imper-alleged to have called at the house sonating a police ofleer at Gresson (he was actually on duty.

Without calling upon Mr. Murphy

Street

Mr. M. A. da Silva, for the ap-to reply, His Lordship dismissed the pellant, said that the evidence for appeal, saying there was ample evi- the prosecution was given by a dence for the Magistrate to come to father, mother and daughter. The the conclusion which he did.

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