The Archive · 1924

Appearing for the Crown, Int

Hazelerigg submitted to the Magi: trate at yesterday's hearing that the following were breaches of the 1, That the officers instructed to carry a revolver, 4 munition inthe danger zone (the usual Toutes between Hongkong and places ive and on the const of Kuang:

2. That the grille door was never kept locked in the danger zone and that, as a matter of fact, it was open [at the time of the piracy.

3. That the equipment (rockets, was not readily and easily access: Sibie for immediate use.

The case has occupied the attention of the Magistrate's Court for more than a week and the verdict, which is expected to-morrow, is being eagerly awaited. It was over the piracy and the murder of Captain Wilcox that ther recent storm of protest was raised in the local newspapers and by the energetic assist ant secretary of the China Const, Officers' Guild.

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