Strange Story in Mixed Court Yuen Soong-hyi (29), a painter, appeared before Magistrate Yui and Mr. Tenney (American Assessor) at the Mixed Court on Thursday morning, charged with attempted murder.
Inspector Reeves appeared on behalf of the Police, Mr. H. D. Rodger for the complainant, and Mr. K. E. Newman for the defence.
It appears that at 12.10 a.m. on May 27, in a congee shop in Han-burs Road, a fight arose between. complainant and the accused as to the number of rounds of cards that should be played. Accused is alleged to have pulled out a small automatic pistol, pointed it at complainant and said, "I will kill you." Complainant jumped at him, knocked him down and held him by the hair while he blew a police whistle for assistance. A policeman came up and arres: ed accused who was taken to the station. A search for the pistol proved fruitless. As no pistol was found, the sergeant in charge at the police station refused to enter the charge in the record book and discharged accused. Complainant later reported the matter to headquarters and accused was again apprehended. Last Thursday when the case was brought before the Court, complainant asked to be allowed to withdraw from the case, but now he wished to proceed with. the prosecution.
The complainant then deposed that he was a foreman in the employ of Messrs. Wheelock & Ca. and supervised the loading of goods. He told the story of a wordy quarrel and said that accused called him filthy names but, as there were many of accused's friends present, he did not wish to punish accused. The climax came when accused continued to abuse him and pulled out a pistol and pointed it at him.
Cross-examined by Mr.. Newman, complainant said that he did not remember if accused pointed the revolver at him. He could not see clearly whether it was a revely r as it was dark. At any rate it was a_ black object, about six inches in length. It might have been a pipe. They were about 12 yards apart.
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After consultation, the case was dismissed, but accused was held in custody for one week on a charge tot being concerned, with others, in Broadway at midnight on April 22° when a motor car was held up and $100,000 worth of opium seized. A further charge of being a well-known loafer and a menace to the peace and good order of. the Settlement was also preferred against accused, Trextsix, remarks the North China Sunday Times," to-day houses two ex-Presidents, both of whom reside in foreign concessions, a matter that we would like to bring to the notice of Dr. Wellington Koo who is momentarily in Peking. Until last Friday. evening we had only one ex-President in this city, but on Friday Hsu Hsih-chang threw up the sponge and left the Presidential palace in Peking thereby confessing himself to be a failure. If China is the ideal country that we read about in various reports of the speeches made by the official Chinese delegates at Washington, why then do not ex-officials set an example and live in their own territory and not under foreign protection?
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