Alleged Reds on Trial ial District Court, Criminal Division, composed of Judges Soong (Presiding), Kau and, Yih, assisted by Procurator Zung, on August 8 ruled that the evidence Alisson,_ alia and his wife, M. matter of extradition did not arise, T would have preferred to accept any punishment which might have been awarded to me, although certainly expected that no punishment would be inflicted, but that I would go free: I did not give my real name of rationality because idid not wish it to become known in my own country that Thad got into such trouble.
The president (to accused): you came to China, did you regist to. be forthwith handed over to the military authorities for trial, and this. Gespite the request of the S.ll Advocate that a decision should be withheld until enquiries, which were being made by the Swiss Consulate here, and in Switzerland, were completed. It. is however understood that the prisoners will not actually be handed over. to. the military authorities, until a definite reply received, from the Swiss Consulate has been
'AL the last hearing, the Court ordered the Press and the public to be excluded, but on this occasion the Court was open.
'A feature of the day's proceed {ings was the opening statement by the accused that their name, actually and. truly was Beuret, the male accused stating that his' cor rect name was Germain Xavier Alois Beuret, and that he was born at St. Leger, Switzerland, his father's name being Alois Beuret, and his mother's Cecil nee which brought the assistant Munici-al Advocate to his feet to explain. "Information was received on the 4th of this month that the accused's cal name is Beuret, and that he horn in Switzerland, Consulate was informed, have replied Beuret is a Swiss subject, but when ther he is the same man as the accused here is not at present Known, The Swiss Consul wishes this case to be Yemanded for another week, in order to examine accused and find, out if it is and same person."
Assistant Commissioner Givens, questioned by the Judge, testified: "Last Monday I received 4 telephone message from the 'amicer-in-charge of the Amoy Gaol saying thay the prisoner Noulens wished to have a conversation with me, He stated that his name was Germain Xavier Alois Beuret: that hho was born on April 30.1 St, Leger, Switzerland, a1 father's He added that, his parents formerly lived at No, 7 Zimmerstrasse, Basle, Switzerland. "IT than asked the Prisoner whether he had registered ab the Swiss Consulate, and he said, No. asked him if he had a Swiss Passport, and he-replied that he had none in his. pos on, but that a a Passport was issued to him in Basle, in the month of May, 1928: ho ailed. that the No. of the pass-Port was either 61027, or 61072, then asked him i€ he could produce any witnesses who could. testify that he was a Swiss subje if s0, if he would furnish the names fand addresses of such witnesses, red me by saying that the not in Shanghai, that at this stage of the con me what their names and addresses were. I then asked him if he could produce any documentary, or other, from Swiss nationals: refuse to answer any mor tions ap present? adding refusal applies only to the police: I shall be. willing. to answer any questions Rue to _me by my consul.' I then said {o him: Although you hi Tefused to answer any more ques tons, want you to, tell me_ what haw become of the Swiss passport which you claim sued to you in 1928? The prisoner replied: Tefuse to answer any more ques tions' L reported this matter to the Swiss Coneulate and was there informed that, they had received a communication from Dx, Wilhelm on the subject, and an enquiry, by able, from Switzerland." Noulens, the Tale prisoner,, veas called into the witness box, avid in answer to ancenquiry as to why he had changed, his "statement. previously made that lie was a Belgian subject, and, now claimed to be a Swiss, replied:
told Mr. Givens last Monday, it was because the Kuomintang' Party were making this, pother about my extradition.
The Judge: Why did you change your name and nationality, because of the extradition question?—If the I refuse to answer As you cannot produce any evidence to this Court, the Court is not interested in the [question of your nationality, and sh the case will, therefore, proceed.
Det-Sgt, Ernest Goldie, of the CLD, said: "At 7.45 a.m. on June 15, I' arrested the first accused at' No, 235 Szechuen Road, in room No. 4. I asked him' his name, and he said it was Hilaire Noulens: I then asked him if was the tenant of the room in which we then were, and he said he was. read over the warrant, and asked the accused his nationality, when he stated that he was a Belgian subject, Together with—Det.-Sgt. Sansom we proceeded towards the Belgian Consulate in a motor, but!
it began to rain, we found it necessary to change the car in which we were riding, Whilst doing. $0, the accused was seen to attempt to [dispose of two season tickets, one for the bus, and the other' for:
field Park, both of which were name of S, Herssens, 66 Hart Road, but. when questioned about the two tickets, he said he knew nothing about them. He was taken before the Belgian Consul, who subsequently informed him' that he could not claim the protection of that, consulate, as he had failed to produce proof of his Belgian nationality. Following this decision, the accused was taken to 235 Szechuen Roa in the presence of Det.-Sgt. Sansom, the accused was searched, and, hhis possession were found' one key:
containing 6 small keys: another key-case containing 8 small keys, anda key ring, bearing 13 vings of different sizes and shapes, approximately $103, which the aceased was allowed' to retain, and the key of 285 Szechuen Road, attached to a safety pin by itself.
'A search was made of room No. 4 occupied by the accused, and it became obvious that a systematic attempt had been made to cover up any name or identity by H. Noulens, because every letter which' we found in No, 285, except those relating to H, Noulens, had addresses obliterate ed, or torn out I questioned the accused, regarding the 27 keys which Were found in his possession, he replied that it was quite permissible for a man to be in possestion of that number of keys without that he had a foam, oF Central Arcade, 49° Nanking Roaé, and so I proceeded there at about 10/a.m, on June 15 and there, on the '3rd floor, compared the bunch of keys taken from the bunch of keys employed by the landlord, and found that I had a key taken from the accused, which was a duplicate of one oot the boy had, and fitted a room No. 30c, "tenanted by a man named Alison, who took over the louse of ihe fat from a supposed American named H. van Goldson. This was tha frat time we had heard of the ame Alison, and when I questi the boy asto the. description, it fitted, "approximately, the accused 1H. Noulens.
T then fitted the key into the door; and i worked the lek" T reared to police headquarters, and_ a lurider instructions of the Officer-in Charge of the Special Branch, applied for a warrant. As we were walking along the corridor, proceed-{gy to room Soe, the accused at that tine was walking n-handcuffed and fret from restraint, and the bey potted out the accused as the tenant that room. In the Toom was. Tocked door, which was opened by tone of the' keys obtained from! Noulens, and gave access to a built-wardrobe, containing numbers of copies of the Pan-Pacific Worker anda large quantity of forged letter heads and. envelopes, all of which ore the names of reputable Shanshai firms: also two copies of a Er0- pean newspaper,—within which were copies of m communist news-Paper printed in the languages of
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