An echo.of the closing of the New World' amusement, resort. and the Native Products Emporium, at the corner of Nanking and Thibet Roads, by the Municipal Police was heard by' Judge Ng in the Special District Court on July 6 when three employees of the Native Products Emporium instituted a private criminal prosecution against Chi police constable No, to the Louza Police Station, who Was alleged to have assaulted and injured them on June 10 whilst in the execution of his duty, Come ants further alleged that, Set. the Craig, No, 925, attached to the Sinza Police Station, had also assaulted them with his baton, "The institution of legal proceed~ ings against the Chinese police con-table by complainants was the result of considerable agitation he action of the police in clos the New World amusement 1d801 the Chinese declaring that the action was illegal because the police
District Court beforehand for the had failed to apely to the Specal necessary permission, 'The police, it may be recalled, took the action following the failure on part of the management of the New World amusement resort and of the Native Products' Emporium to obey the [Council's "instructions regarding health and fire prevention arrange ments.
When the ease came up for he ing, the three complainants, one being employed bythe
Native Products Emporium, another Heco goods department at the {n the toilet department, and the third in accounting -depaxtment, told the Court that, at about 20: p.m. on June 10, when' they returned to the:
Products Emporium, they saw the place closed and there was Jo notice posted outside the front mmouneing the reasons of the While they were reading the notice, complainants stated, seven oF eight police offic whom was the accused, arrived and' without any. warning, drew their Datons and assaulted the first come plainant, The two other complain= fants went forward: to see what was the matter, but they too were assaulted by the Chinese constable and a foreign officer, No. 325, and. injured. In the confusion, the second and third complainants managed to. escape, but the first complainant, Who Was injured about the head ard was bleeding, was arrested and taken to the' Lowza Station.
Feleased on the following morn: Chines 4
Questioned by the Court, accused Jdenied the charge and stated that the facts were as follows. At the time in question, he was accompans= ing a foreiga officer, No. 140, on patrol duty near the New World amusement resort when he saw scores of Chinese gathered in front of the place and that: some pat phets had been posted on the wall. Meanwhile, Sgt. Craig, No. 825, attached to the Sinza Police Station, iso arrived at the scene and, fearing that there might some trouble, he and fore No, 140 went over to the front gate of the amusement resort to. me Vestigate, Tt was then discovered. that, in the crowd, a Chinese had Deen injured about the head by une known persons and was. bleeding, The injured man was taken (0 the alice station to. be questioned. Accused denied that the police had entered the premises of the amuse" ment resort because. the front door twas closed at the time, He also denied "having assaulted complain"
Dr. Alexander Ting, counsel for defence, suggested hat the Court should call. three witnesses, who were foreign officers ofthe 'AMunicipal Police and who were. all in Court, to give evidence as they were eye-witnesses of the. all The counsel's request, was, however, refused by the Judge: whos sequently remanded the case sine ie, accused being released on shop security,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.