November 10, 1900.]
CHINA OVERLAND TRADE REPORT.
His Worship-Did he admit knocking the A quantity of the potatoes was found in the basket over?
Witness---Yes, your worship. Inspector Warnock further stated that the complainant was sober and the defon- dant slightly under the influence of drink. Witness did not believe the charge of dis- orderly conduct, and refused to take it. Ho told complainant, if he had any countercharge to make, to go to the Captain Superintendent next morning. The constable was reported, and the Superintendent of Police decided to have him dealt with by the magistrate.
Defendant-Did the complainant before the Captain Superintendent say he had four hundrod eggs in his basket?
Witness-No. two hundred.
Defendant-Did he not make a statement in the charge room that he had two hundred, then three hundred, then four hundred ?
Witness-- No. he said two hundred.
His Worship-When did the constable go on duty?
Witness-Six o'clock.
His Worship-He was sober thon? Witness-Perfectly sober. This was all the evidence.
Defendant had nothing to say with regard to the assault except that he brought the com- plainant to the station honestly, as a constable. He could not help the charge mado against him. Complainant called him a Scotch this aud a Scotch that. He admitted he was a Scotch- man, but he could not help that!
After an examination into the previous character of the defendant, the magistrate said the question before him was simply one of as- sault; there was no reference whatever to the basket incident. He was inclined to think that the defendant was under the influence of liquor at the time of the arrest, and had treated the com- plainant roughly. He was, sorry to find the charge proven, as he had a very high opinion of the policemen in the colony. The sentence would be $10 fine or three weeks' hard labour.
MISCELLANEOUS.
raised forepart of the defendant's junk, and the remainder in the stern hold. They word covered up. The potatoes were part of cargo being transhipped from the City of Rio to the Long Sang.
Chinese P.C. 316 gave evidence of the arrest and of the potatoes having been found covered up.
Defendant pleaded that the boxes had been broken in transhipment, and the potatoes drop- ped into the junk.
His Worship failed to see how one part of the stolen potatoes found its way into the forward part of the junk and the remainder into the stern hold, and passed sontence of three weeks' hard labour.
THE ROBBERY FROM MILITARY PREMISES. The two Chinamen arrested in connection with the robbery from military premises at Wanchai on the 12th ult. were again brought up and committed for trial to the next Criminal Sessions.
Tuesday, 6th November.
BEFORE MR. F. A. HAZELAND.
BURGLARY IN AN ENGINEERING SHOP.
Four youthful Chinamen, all boilermakers, were brought up on a charge of burgling the premises of Ngai Sun and Company, engineers, Queen's Road East.
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Defendants pleaded not guilty, asserting that they were merely watching the game.
First defendant was fined $25 or a month's imprisonment, and the second $15 or three weeks.
DRUNK AND DISORDERLY.
A Scotchman named Daniel McGinnis, able seaman on the sailing ship Dundee, was fined $3 or 14 days for having been drunk and dis- orderly on Praya Central on the 5th inst.
Herman Roomstorff, a German, and Gustav Balm, a Swede, were also charged with dis- Å similar pen- orderly conduct whilst drunk. alty was inflicted.
Daniel Heywood, a Masachussetts man, was so drunk on Monday that the police had to look after him-a service that cost him $5, or the usual alternative.
STEALING RICE.
Ho Min, a boatwoman, was charged-first, with being in unlawful possession of twenty-five bags of rice, valued of $25, in Victoria Harbour on the 6th inst. and secondly with unlawfully plying her boat without a license on the same date.
Chineso P. C. 424 gave evidence regarding the finding of the rice and also concerning the second charge, after which His Worship passed sentence of $25 or a month's hard labour on the first charge, and $3 or seven days' hard labour on the second.
WATCH-SNATCHING AT WEST POINT.
A Chinaman belonging to the loafing class was sentenced to a term of imprisonment for watch-snatching at West Point. The owner of the watch was standing still star-gazing when he felt a hand beneath his coat and his watch was snatched, his chain being broken. He seized the thief and handed him over to the police.
THE CHARGE AGAINST A PRISON WARDER.
District watchman No. 10 stated that about half past one on Tuesday morning he saw three of the defendants enter the premises of the above mentioned company, leaving the fourth outside on guard. Witness immediately re- quisitioned the services of two comrades, and
The fourth man at The charge against Prison Warder Beves proceeded to the scene.
for leaving his employment, as was alleged, once raised the alarm, and bolted. The men inside tried to escape, but were caught in contrary to the rules governing gaol sub- Queen's Road by witness and the other watch-ordinatos, was farther adjourned till Thursday, the accused being allowed out on bail. Mr. men and conveyed to the police station.
Wilkinson defended.
A private in the R.W.F. pleaded guilty to Sergeant Ritchie deposed that on being having been disorderly and damaging a rickshaw. informed of the case ho instituted enquiries re- He was allowed to go on paying $2 compensa-garding the fourth man, and found that he re- tion to the coolie.
sided at Amoy, where he was arrested by wit- Two sailors on the Russian transport Cathar ness a few hours after the occurrence. were charged with fighting in the public street.only article stolen was a pinion wheel. and fined $3 each, with the usual alternative. Fines paid.
An assistant steward on the Salamis said he was too drunk to remember anything when asked if he had been disorderly and refused to pay a rickshaw coolie his legal charge. Threo dollars or 14 days, with 55 cents compensation to the coolie. The fine was paid.
A number of drunks," all Europeans, were disposed of at $2 each.
William Hill, fireman on the s. 8. Antillian (transport No. 25), was convicted of cruelty to animals in that, whilst drunk, he plucked the feathers from live ducks and killed the birds by beating them against the ventilators on the Antillian. He was fined $5 or 14 days.
Hugh Hunter, a trimmer on the same steamer, pleaded not guilty to assaulting a Chinese de- tective on board the Antillian on the 4th inst. He was convicted on evidence and fined $10 or a month's imprisonment.
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THE PERSEVERANCE PIRACY.
A Chinaman who was arrested by Sergeant Macdonald on suspicion of being concerned in the recent piracy on the launch Perseverance was brought up on remand charged with being in unlawful possession of articles of clothing, etc., supposed to have been taken from the launch.
The charge was not brought home, none of the witnesses being able to identify the articles. The accused, however, could not give a satis- factory explanation regarding them, and he was fined $100 or three months' hard labour.
STEALING POTATOES.
Kwok Fui, master of a junk, was charged with having on the 3rd November, in the har- bour at Victoria, stolen 160 lbs. of potatoes, valued at $8, the property of Castle Brothers, Wolff and Sons.
William Webb Wilson said on Saturday the 3rd inst., at two o'clock, defendant was found with 160 lbs. of potatoes in his junk, which was lying alongside the Long Sang. Defendant was engaged by the Canadian Pacific Railway Company to tranship cargo to the Long Sang.
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His Worship passed sentence of three weeks' hard labour on the three elder men, and on the youngest, two weeks' hard labour and twelve strokes.
A FEROCIOUS DOG.
A coolie appeared in the witness box with his ankle bandaged and said he had been bitten by a ferocious dog.
The dog's owner-a European--said the ani- mal was not ferocious, although he believed it had bitten the complainant. He had offered the man $5 compensation to avoid trouble, but he refused to accept it.
His Worship-Are you still willing to give him $5?
Defendant-Yes, sir.
Wednesday, 7th November.
BEFORE MR. HAZELAND,
STEALING SUGAR.
Two Chinese, one a sampan owner and the other a marine hawker, were brought up on re- mand charged with the unlawful possession of 27 bags of sugar, weighing about eleven cwts, and valued at $60.
P. C. 26 Boulger said he was patrolling at the harbour on Tuesday morning, when he no- ticed a boat that appeared to be very heavily laden. He boarded it, and found there the 27 bags of sugar, made up in flour sacks. The sampan people could not give a satisfactory ex- planation regarding the sugar, and witness thereupon arrested them.
Sergeant Gourlay stated that he instituted His Worship-Well, take him outside and enquiries, and found that the Chunsang had been discharging the particular kind of sugar found settle it.
The steamer in the defendants' possession. people, however, could not identify the sugar, as it had been changed from their baskets into The defendants had stated that flour bags.
THE TRIAD SOCIETY.
Cheung On and Wung On were charged with being members of the Triad Society. They were arrested at midnight on Monday, when the police found in their possession a number of doc. uments relating to the Society.
The case was adjourned for a week to permit of the translation of the documents.
GAMBLING CASE.
Ngai Cheung, quilt maker, and Tsang Nam, fireman, furnished still further proof-if proof were needed of the activity of the police in the suppression of gambling. They were charged with unlawfully keeping a gaming house in an unnumbered shed at Tai Hang village on the 5th inst.
All were gam-
Chinese PS. 154 states that on Monday, at 8.15 p.m., he went to Lai Hang, and en- tering the shed already mentioned, found be- tween ten and twenty men round a table, on which were cards and money. bling. He noticed the first defendant dealing out twenty-five cards in three lots. The police at this juncture entered, and arrested the two defendants, the others running away.
Inspector Ford gave evidence regarding the raiding of the house, and identified the pri- soners.
they received the sugar from the Shek Loou pass boat, but from his enquiries witness found that no pass boat from Shek Loon had been in
the harbour.
His Worship, in finding the charge proved, said these cases of larceny were becoming alto- gether too common in the colony. The defen- dants had been guilty of a very serious offence, and the sentence would be a fine of $100 each,
or, in default, two months' hard labour. -
TEALING A DOLLAR.
Ng Chin was drinking congee yesterday morning, and was about to pay for the drink, when Wong Lo, a coolie of 16, knocked the money-a silver dollar-out of his haud, and picking it up, bolted. Complainant ran after him, shouting at him to stop, but Wong Lo ignored the request and only stopped when a constable caught him.
Private watchman No. 3 said he saw defen- dant knock the money out of complainant's hand, and bolt with it. Witness pursued and ar- rested the thief, and found the money in his
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