Nine Months for Chinese Joy-riding, Car-washer: Woman'
Instant. Death, For driving an Essex motor-ear (6230) from n garage at 326 North Chekiang Road and running down Chinese Woman who was instantly killed, a Chinese named Tser san was sentenced to nine months?
imprisonment at the Mixed Court fon Monday on a charge of manslaughter.
was stated that after running over the woman, whose ribs were crushed and who. died from haemorrhage of the Tungs, prisoner next crashed into a building on the opposite side of the road, 'A' chauifous stated "that he brought the machine into the garage to he washed. He turned off the engine, which could not be Started again without pressing the self-starter, The ear was not in Rear—the gear was in neutral, 'Sub-Insp. Webb telg the Court that' he hed examined the car shortly after the woman was run down. He had found the gear control very. stiff, as was the self-starter. "This was over on the left-hand side of the our far beyond the shift, which was in the centre, the ear being a right hand drive, Was not probable that. the machine could be accidentally started in any way, though just the proper position' of one's body cramped on the floor of the tonneau—a most aw ward porition—could bring this about, The Court adjourned to the yard and the Assessor took the wheel, tried the self-starter and the gears, explaining the mechanism to. the strate.
When the Assessor and Magis trate resumed their sent the defen= dant declared that he was washing the car and gut inside, pressed his thigh against something the car went uff with a.erash, The nine war mot ning before Tut: Ministey 07 hus notified th nese, revive to geo, to fo work for them, A rather novel but mist despite Form vl money under aloe pretence. the guise of cluariey, curie before Messrs, Martin and Kuan st the Mixed Court Fast Friday morning and was most coves rely dealt aft lett hers. purporting.
come from those whose curds ho hheld—leters which stated that the writer was known of the other, that hho had lost all his property in the September. catastrophe in Japan und that and children the biography of the accused and a well-worded appeal for a small gift, the letter was frequently successful in its purpose and defendant lived 4 comfortable life by this mean For the next 18 months, however, the Municipality: will furnish him with food und lodging. after which he will be escorted to the boundary and told never to return.
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