Echo of Holt's Wharf Case:
Three Years for Opening Godown Door passed by Mr.
'Three years' imprisonment, was Magistrate at the Mixed Court last Friday on a exrpenter for being concerned with half a dozen other men, already convicted, in into a warehouse' ut Holt's "wharf and stealing quantity of serge.
Mr C, Mansel Reece (prosecute ing)
stated that, accused was charged with being in association with prisoners whom the Court had already dealt with. "A state ment was made by Li. Tsang-nyon, already convicted, against, the accused, this showing that accused' had provided the by use of which the men man: to get into the godown.
Me of the men already convicted stated for the prosecution that he was invited by accused, whom he knew, to go out to pli He complied and accused led hi to the godown where the theft of courtesy, then everybody would' have equal' privileges because tha: advertisement contains an'inducement open fo everybody, Counsel then proceeded to cite
Kuan held that a and fide bond mor Assessor) and Magistr which Mo Bigs
scheme was not a lottery either by Chinese Iw ox by construction of the murticipal by-laws in the: Settlement oF tn.the Mixed Court, fide, the, Court held, was a lether such a scheme was bond nes: tion of fact to be considered in each individual case, but the mere fact that such a scheme was. called a premium savings scheme didn't necessarily make ita Mr. Maitland, who prosecuted'
the case referred to, -sintod: that that was entirely different from the present eae"
OMINESE AND THE azine, Dr, Fishman, continuing, held fat ie was a" complimentary
need of money: og a schemer of big frm which was) not in wame, Accused was m member
would call for, It'waa'e gompang. of $180,000 capital and did $14,000" business annually." In any case, the average Chinese did not read' the Municipal Gazette, and "the:
'Accused, in. x very rambling accused did not know' that be statement, said that he knew the had ta obtain a licence, as called last witness who had—given for. evidence against him, but "they Mr. Maitland tated that the had not mei for a long time and Advertisenrent appeared in two the statement was not true, This Chinese papers. witness was an enemy of his and The Assostor asked Dr. Fishman Bade grudge. agaieet him.
"The. Magistrate if accused was prepared to dising the truth) TF you ars nek tickets," to whi graphy "ne fagistrate—Aro you toll- continue distribution of th and do not admit the statement, given in the affirmative. fereee ote a carer will pA brow get otestty not object i¢ he takes out a lik Mr. Maitland—The Police Tea you will Ge heavily nomic S622, Ho applied for" one for the ease nine up, Acoused—I tell you the men axe The hearing was than adji enemies. and. the Court. rowrved ita, ire more witnesses were called and they the. proious witnear's statements, saying that accused led them to Policg Station in Monday thee Tx wag reported to Yan Bisce ands opened the "ken past of the. serge himself.
Ohinese dwelling. in -Kwo Tang, Road way entered we 2,90. in: ther i—Yes, Sir, please do. not"bo-harske- with mo, in at, bat shoppers and Eniven. the robbers" morning by eight mon armed! with,
The: tainly not, Only three years. at 10 cor money: and: jewel td the value oad, hele cscepe wily Tu" connexion with the case arising from thefts on board the Tux Hongkong Héxbott Patton P. & 0. & Kashgar, another relast week, made, what. is-described: mand was ordered until after the as one of the lurgest seizures of Chinese New Your holidays wens ever made on a ship in the waters of the Colony. This. was from the str Bendoran, After
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