March 25, 1905.]
CHINA OVERLAND TRADE REPORT.
After the hearing of the evidence. the Attorney General said he desired to withdraw the charge against the third prisoner, as he did not consider the identification of this man satisfactory.
taminated. Anthraxand tetanus are somewhat, road and heard groans. The wounded man exceptional. Anthrax spores have been stated | gare certain information, and in consequence of to have been brought to the surface of graves this the three men were arrested at the temple. by worms. This is how vor doubtful. Far- The sergeant was brought into the Government ther, anthrax beganisms are rapidly killed in Civil Hospital where he was laid up for six a body which has not been opened. Telanus | weeks. bacíki have been recovered from soil. They require an atmosphere free from oxygen for their growth. Therefore the deeper they ❘ are buried the more chance is there of their persistence. Iam of the opinion that the best regulations for burial would be us fo lows:-1, Storm water shall be provided for in com- teriss by properly constructed channels for draining it off the surface and preventing it swamping the cemetery. 2 Every grave shall be dug to a depth of 4 foot throughout. 3. After burial the earth dug from the grave shall be all put back over the coffin forming a mound over the grave. 4. Every grav shall be covered with turf immediately aft -r the grave has been fi led
in.
The Registrar General's motion was put to the meeting and carried.
MORTALITY STATISTICS.
The jury returned a verdict of guilty with r spoet to the first and second prisoners. They were sentenced to fire years' hard labour and to receive 24 strokes of the biroh within the first six months' imprison- ment.
ASSAULT ON A JUNK.
Lo Po Shing and Lo I were charged with wounding with intent to do grievous bodily harm. They pleaded not guilty and the following jary was empanelled : -Messrs D. E. Clark, L. Datam, E. C. Engel, J. Cruickshank, J. Benjamin, W. F. Must and T. E. Collinge.
The Attorney-General in his opening state- ment said the two prisoners were charged with
The mortality statis ics for the week ended the 4th March, death rate per thousand practing together in an attack on Pang Ling ennum, show the following Egures: -British and foreign civil population, 249; previous week, 44.9; corresponding week last year. 5.1, Chinese population, 15 0; previous week, 11.6. corresponding week last year, 12.6.
LIKEWASHING RETURN.
The limewashing return for the fortnight ended the 14th March showed that 4 356 houses had been treated in the eastern district and 3,534 in the central district.
EAT RETURN.
The rat return, showing the number of rate caught during the week ending the 18th March is as follows:-City of Victoria, 475 including 19 infected; Kowloon, 263 including 15 infected.
SUPREME COURT.
Monday, 20th March.
IN CRIMINAL JURISDICTION.
BEFORE SIR H. 8. BERKELEY (CHIEF
JUSTICE)
WOUNDING WITH INTENT TO MAIN.
The
The prisoners were convicted and sentenced to five years' hard labour and 24 strokes of the birch within the first six months' imprisonment.
ROBBERY.
Cheung Mak Sang and Yau Kui were charg- ed with robbery, and Wong Yan Fat with robbery with others. The latter pleaded guilty,
for purposes of sith r robbing him or doing kim grievous bodily harm. This man Pang Ling was a sort of small ship-chandler and sarried on businom with junks at a village not far outside British territory. He was also
■ money lender, and was owed Tia. 120 by a woman who owned a junk. On the 11th February, in the afternoon, this man was in Hongkong and went on board the junk of this woman She admitted the debt but said she could not pay then. The junk left in the afternoon, this man being on board as a passen. ger. The prisoners were sailors employed on the junk. At seven in the evening Pang Ling went to sleep in the hold of the junk. At about two or three o'clock in the morning, just outside Lyemun, the first pri- soner woke up Rang Ling and demanded money. Pang Ling said he had none, and the first prisoner proceeded to search him. Pang Ling struggled, and the urst prisoner slashed at him with a chopper. Pang Ling shouted and the second prisoner came to the assistance of the first, at- backing Pang Ling with a bludgeon and inflicting somewhat serious injuries. Pang Ling was in hospital for ten days. Pang Ling called for help and the women came to the rescue. The junk arrived back at Hongkong on the follow- Wong Kwong Tai, Chan Choi and Lai Fating morning and the prisoners were arrested. were charged with wounding with intent to maim. Hon. Mr. E. H harp, K.C. (Attorney General), inst noted by Mr. Morrell (of the Crown Solicitor's office) prosecuted. prisoners pleaded not guilty, and the following jury was empanelled-Messrs. F. W. White, 1. D. Kinnaird C. Linshan, D. 9 D. Burgor, H. D. Bell, Erich Georg and A. G Coppia..
The Attorney General in his opening omarks said: These three prisoners ar charged with acting in a gang and comm.tting an attack, a very brutal attack, on a Chinese police sergeant in the New Territ ry. The facts are that on the 31st January, between six and seven in the evening, this sergant was on du'y at a place not far from Deep Bay, near the Tak-tai Tum- ple, which appears to be used as a ort of club or lodging house for very undesirable characters. The sergeant saw a man coming out of the tample, sull walking away in a manner such | as to cause suspición. As soon as this man sWW the sergeant he took to his heels and ran. sergeant gave chaan, arrested him, and found several bozes of opium and a scales on his person. Bringing the maa back along the roa towards the polics station, when they reached a lonely spot the three prisoners came out and demanded the man's release. One prisoner is keeper of the temple. The sergeant refused to surrender the man, and the four attacked him. He took out his whistle, but the place was too far from the station for it to be heard. The men:anatched the whistle away, and als: the sergeant's revolver. The sergeant fin lly was thrown down, kioked, and stabbed ten or fifteen times in the face. They tried to blind him. The sergeant, after putting up a very good fight became insensible. His body was dragged SOLA distance along the rond nad thrown into a pit. They may have thought the man was dead, but fortunately he was nut. Bome time later a policeman was walking along the
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and subsequently gave evidence against the first two prisoners who pleaded not guilty. The jury was as follows:-Messrs. J. McArthur, M. P. Beattie, C. G. Brückner, T. E. Collinge, F. E. C. Georg, P. A. Cunningham and C.
Linahan.
Mr. H. G. Calthrop, who in this case acted for the Attorney Genseal, in opening the case said that the robbery had been committed in the New Territory. The prisoners on the 22nd February attacked a house (there were six robbers altogether) at one o'clock in the morn. ing. The robbers seised an inmate who had just returned from abroad (from Honolulu) bound him and threatened to take his life. They asked him for money, and for his keys. He
refused, and they broke open the boxes and stole property to the value of about $350. Wong Yau Fat was arrested and gave information which led up to the arrest of the other two. The prisoners were convicted and sentenced to five years' hard labour and 24 strokes of the birch within the first six months' imprison- ment. Wong Yau Fat was sentenced to four years' hard labour and twelve strokes of the birch within the first six months' imprisonment.
A crown Lands sale was held at the Public Works Department on March 20th when Rural Building Lot No 121, situated in Barker Road, and Inland Lots Nos. 1,733 to 1,787 on Shau- kiwan Road near Taihang village were put up for auction. The first lot was sold to 'fr. Ram
for each of the second lots. for $3,550, and five Chinese buyers paid $100
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.:Tuesday, 21st March.
201
IN CRIMINAL JURISDICTION.
BEFORE SIE H. 8. BERKELEY (Chier JUSTICE).
A
MANSLAUGHTER.
sailing ship King George, was charged with the Emanuel Hernandes, a Spanish sailor of the
manslaughter of Theodore Olsen, a Danish sailor on the same ship. Hon. Mr. E. H. Sharp, K.C. (Attorney-General), instructed by Mr. Morrell (of the Crown solicitor's office), pro- secuted. Chief Detective Inspector Hanson acted as German interpreter for some witnesses, and Mr. N. G. Nolan as Spanish interpreter. Prisoner pleaded not guilty and the following jury was empanelled:-Masers. C. M.G: Burnie (foroman), J. D. Kinnaird, D. E. Clark, W. F. Must, C. G Brückner, J. Fisher and T. E. Collinge.
The Attorney-General in opening, briefly narrated the facts of the tragedy. On the 14th inst, just a week ago, at six in the evening, the prisoner, the deceased and four other sailors were having their supper in the fo'c'sle of the King George. A short conversation took place between the prisoner and the dead man with regard to the following occurrence which happened thatafternoon: The prisoner hadbeen ordered by the third mate to do some work in the rigging, and he failed to do it. On speaking about this matter at supper it appears that the prisoner boasted that he had used some very violent language to the third mate. The deceased man denied that prisoner had done 80, and called him a liar, bastard and other names, and then struck him in the face, Thereupon prisoner rolled over on the benoir and the dead man rolled over on top of him. During the struggle prisoner drew his sheath knife and plunged it into the abdomen of the dead man, inflioting an essentially fatal wound.
The prisoner said that the evidence 1788 correct. He did not intend to kill the man, Deceased had been bullying him all the way from Philadelphia.
Prisoner was convicted of manslaughter.
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His Lordship in his remarks to the prisoner said:-You did not kill him intentionally, for if the evidenes had pointed that way you would have been charged with murder. From the evidence I
satisfied that this young
man, about your own age, was
WAS a bully, and bullying you on that occasion. He brought his death upon himself in
that act. one sense. That does not justify you for doing You ought to have gone to the Cap- tain and complained. I feel that at the time you did not think about the Captain or anyone else, but the heat of passion you stuck
your knife in him. I always have considerable sympathy with a man struck, especially in sympathy does not extend to one who uses
the face, but
a knife. That must be stopped, and you must understand that a knife must not be used except in the gravest circumstances. You are a very young man, only 22, just starting in life. In consideration of your youth I shall only sentence you to three years' hard labour, and let this be a warning to you-under no eircumstances use a knife.
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HEP LOONG Y. WHISMANN, LIMITED. Mr. Sercombe Smith delivered judgment in the case of the Hep Loong v. Weismann, Limited, on Monday the 20th inst. Mr. offio) appeared, for the plaintiffs, and Mr. P. W. Goldring (of Mr K. H. Brutton's
Almada e Castro, for the defendants. H. E. Pollock, K.C., instructed by Mr.
His Honour said :-This is an action in which the plaintiffs seek to recover from the defendarts a sum of $648, being the price of 10,800 lbs. of biscuits, at 6 con's a lb., sold and delivered to the defendants.
There were two contract between the parties. The first contract was entered into on the 16th of December 1904 and was for 50,000 lbs, of biscuits at 6 cents a lb. Under this contract 200 tins of biscuits, each tin holding 54 lbs., were packed. Of these 200 tins, 100 tins were delivered to defendants on 28th of December, but were rejected by them
not being to sample. These 100 tins were taken back by the plaintiffs and kept with the other 100 tins in their bakery. On the evening of the 28th of
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