December 9, 1896:]
Hi Worship I understand you want a re mand to consult your client? Mr. Robinson--Quite so.
CHINA OVERLAND TRADE REPORT.
~ Mr. Hastings-They have had a month to habit of smuggling opium, denounced him consult their client.
His Worship Exactly. Mr. Hastings-If that is the reason, I ask you to co
commit the prisoner at once. If the defence have not taken the trouble to consult their client at all—
His Worship-The case for the prosecution was closed on the 10th of last month.
Mr. Hastings-We knew perfectly well that this witness was in the colony, although ap- parently Mr. Robinson did not take any steps. They have allowed him to go away to Manila and now they want a further delay.
Mr. Robinson-I am struck by the remark that the prosecution know that Mr. Hankinson, the witness we wanted, was in the colony.
His Worship-The case for the prosecution was closed on the 10th of last month and-
Mr. Robinson-Since that time there has been, so far as I am concerned, no communica- tion with Mr. McKinley.
Mr. Hastings-Whose fault is that, your Worship?
His Worship---Have you any other witness besides Mr. Hankinson ?
Mr. Robinson-No, not to-day, certainly not. I did not expect to be here to-day, but Mr. Monnsey, who instructs me, is engaged in a murder case at the Supreme Court, and so I had to come up.
His Worship You admit that your witness passed through the colony and went away?
Mr. Robinson-I am informed that he did so and without the solicitor for the defence being aware that he was in the colony at all.
Mr. Hastings-If they had wanted to call him they would have taken very good care that he did not go away.
His Worship-You further state you have no other witness to call?
Mr. Robinson-I have not any other witness whatever to-day, your Worship.
His Worship-And you have had no com- - munication with your client since the 13th ult? Mr. Robinson-I, counsel, have not seen him since the 13th ult. I suppose that was the date of the last adjournment ?
His Worship Yes. Mr. Robinson-I have not seen him since I was here last.
His Worship-Did not Mr. Hastings com- municate with you?
Mr. Hastings-Yes, your Worship; I gave them notice the same day you told me that the case would be proceeded with this afternoon.
Mr. Robinson-I did not know the case was to be gone on with until 12.45 this afternoon.
Mr. Hastings-Then your solicitor did not properly instruct you.
Mr. Robinson-Mr. Mounsey did not intend that I should come up here at all to-day. It does not matter a button.
His Worship What do you mean by it does not matter a button?" Do you mean you have no defence and you, want two or three days' adjournment.
Mr. Robinson-It does not matter whether Mr. Mounsey or I come up here to-day.
His Worship-Mr. Mounsey knew he had the murder case on the 2nd.
Mr. Robinson-I dare say he did, but per- haps he forgot. That is not a matter of public interest.
His Worship-Do I understand you will have further witnesses if I adjourn the case till Tuesday P
Mr. Robinson-No, I do not say so at all. 1 should very much like to have one, but I do not know whether I can get him or not.
His Worship (to Mr. Hastings)-I under- stand you object to the remand ?
Mr. Hastings-Yes, I ask that the case be committed for trial now. The defence will ave ample opportunity at the Supreme Court
any witness they like.
His Lordship I shall commit the case for trial. er Will your Worship allow me to the letter which is alleged to have been ritten by me ?.
His Worship You have never seen the letter?
soner Not yet.
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made the following statement:-Raymond, | tinned until half-past four, when the plaintiff in this case, has given me deep rebels were put to flight, their loss being cause of offence and I, knowing he was in the sixty or seventy killed and many wounded. The loss on the Spanish side was one man killed, The provinces of Bataan and Zambales, which were not covered by the former proclama- tion, were declared in a state of siege by proclamation of the Governor-General dated the 2nd December. From this it would appear that the rebellion is spreading.
to the French Consul two days before the arrival of the Hanoi in Hongkong; that was on the 28th September last, the day before he left here. The French Consul requested me to give more precise information, so I had Raymond watched and on information which I believed to be true I gave further information to the French Consul. I told Mr. Burnett that I had given information. I made no secret of it. If I had been guilty, is it likely I should have done that ! As to the making of a box I have an answer to that, which I reserve.
His Worship then commited the prisoner for trial at the next Criminal Sessions.
Mr. Robinson-I ask your Worship to fix the amount of bail. The prisoner has very limited means.
His Worship-What I did fix it at before ? Mr. Hastings-I think your Worship fixed the bail at $2,000.
Mr. Robinson-That is quite beyond what he can get. There is a rule in the Magna Charter that bail shall not be excessive.
His Worship-Well, I do not think that is excessive.
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The prisoner was then removed in custody.
THE PHILIPPINE RËBELLION.
We have received files of the Comercio to the 2nd December, from which we take the follow- ing items:-
"On the night of the 27th November there was an alarm in Manila. The cause was the firing by the sentinels stationed near the Loma cemetery upon a group of suspicious individuals who did not answer when challenged. Upon the firing being heard the bugles of the volun- teers were sounded, at eleven o'clock, and all the members of the force not on duty at the time mustered within a few minutes at their appointed stations. The promptitude lisplayed by the volunteers is highly praised. Upon its being found that their services were not re- quired they were dirmissed, the Commandant thanking them in the name of the Governor- General. Next morning, a native woman was found shot in a house in the Jalubab district, near the Chinese cemetery, a bullet having struck her in the chest. Her child, an infant at the breast, was wounded, as was also a sister of the deceased woman. The same night at the Vitas canal the sentinels of the carbineros fired upon a boat which did not stop when hailed. The sentinels at the Bilibid gaol also fired some shots.
The volunteers have been ordered to wear their uniform constantly.
In Batangas province, on the 25th November, the force under General Jaramillo defeated a body of rebels from six to eight hundred strong, near the town of Lemery, killing thirty-five of them and wounding a large number.
On the 28th November, while the advance guard of the Spanish forces at Las Pinas were reconcitering in the direction of Bacoor, they were attacked by the rebels, who had concealed themselves on each side of the road and amongst the trees, and fighting continued energetically for four hours. The rebels were dislodged from their positions, after repeated bayonet charges, in which they suffered great loss. On the Spanish side there were some wounded, but only a few, amongst them the captain in com- mand.
On the night of 26th November the Spanish took by assault the village of Los Banos, La- guna, which the rebels had fortified. Two hundred of the rebels were killed and many wounded. In their flight the rebels abandoned a large number of cattle which they had stolen and also a large quantity of powder and munitions. In the court-house were found four prisoners of the rebels in fetters.
In the jurisdiction of Antipolo a lieutenant with sixteen men were sent to reconnoitre in the direction of Daang-buquit. At Macatugon hill a body of rebels numbering a thousand, two hundred of whom had firearms, were en. countered. This was at ten in the morning and the small Spanish force continued fight ing until two in the afternoon, when reinforcements arrived. The battle con-
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In the province of Bulacan, on the let December, a column of 310 men attacked a rebel entrenched encampment of 2,000 men in the hills of Sibul and carried it, & quantity of arms and munitions being captured, together with seventeen horses, eleven head of cattle, and thirteen sets of sappers' and miners' tools, Fourteen of the enemy were killed and it is supposed that many were wounded.
The rebels are burning and pillaging when they find an opportunity, On the 26th or 27th November an establishment of the Augustinian Fathers near Malinta was sacked and burnt and an hour later the village was fired, not a single house being left. It is also reported that the hacienda of Lolomboy, the property of the Do minicans, and that of Buenavista (San Rafael), the income of which supported the Hospital de San Juan de Dios, have been burnt.
THE JAPANESE MILITARY MISSION IN TONKIN,
[FROM A CORRESPONDENT.]
Hanoi, 30th November. The Japanese military mission, composed of General Kawakami, Colonels Idichi and - Mourata, Commander Akashi, and Mr. Shekia a high official of the Civil Administration, ac- companied by the Comte de Pimodan, military attaché to the French embassy at Tokyo, arrived at Haiphong on the morning of the 27th inst. by the Hanoi, and Were received with military honours at the "appontement de l'Hopital" by Mr. Lebrun, the Resident Mairé of Haiphong, representing the Government, and by the Lieutenant Colonel de Cauvigny in the name of the army. There were also present Captain Lasalle, from the military burean of the Government, Lieutenant Lagarde, and two staff officers specially deputed by Mr. Rousseau. and General Bichot to accompany the mission from Haiphong to Hanoi. A company of the infanterie de marine with band under Captain Baudot formed a guard of honour. After a short reception at the Residence the whole party visited the town and sights of Haiphong, were entertained at breakfast in the "Hotel de la Residence," and at 2 p.m. the Japanese officers, accompanied by those deputed to accompany them, left by the Tuyen-quang for Hanoi.
The heads of departments at Hanoi were notified on Friday evening, the 27th inst., that the Japanese military mission had left Hai- phong and would be officially received here. In consequence, the following morning at seven o'clock the troops lined the roads leading from the landing place to the Hotel in the Rue Jules-Ferry, one of the finest buildings here and well fitted up for the reception of the guests. Messrs. Le Coq and Emmanuel Rousseau, accompanied by Commander Lom- bard, Brigade-Major, Lieutenant de Vassoigne, Messrs. Luce (Director of Civil Affairs), Morel (Resident-Maire), de Pontbellanger, and other officials, were in attendance to welcome them. Precisely at eight o'clock salute of eleven guns announced their arrival, and upon their landing the band of the 9th Re- giment of the Marine Infantery struck Japanese national hymn "Kymigayo," which was listened to in religious silence by the Japa- nese officers, and at the conclusion of which they gave the military salute, an action which was repeated when the band played the Mar seillaise. They then took their seats in the two carriages placed at their disposal during their stay here by the Governor and General Bichot, and were driven to the hotel, preceded by a detachment of mounted gendarmes under Capt. Bonnejoy, and followed by a detachment mounted native artillery commanded by Actel. The troops saluted as the passed, and the Japanese returned the salut all the French officers, who lowered their swords.
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