Hongkong, Nov. 12.
Captain P. V. Williams, Royal Artillery, well-known as an inter~ ort cricket and polo player, pleaded guilty at a court-martial' to-day to seven char.es of making false entries. in cash' books containing the accounts of his battery funds and {of the Garrison" Hunt and' Polo Club.
The oflcer told the court that the mistakes arose through inking over accounts originally kept by his pay servants, Captain Williams admitted that he had previously been court-martialled for similar irregularities in his accounts and said that he now realized he could not keep accounts the army.
The prosecution did not allege misappropriation or an attempt to defraud, the defence of the accused being carelesmess.
The court, over which Brigadier Thackeray came from Shanghai to reside, concluded its hearing at noon. Judgment will be pronounced later, The court-martial has created a sation in Hongkong because of the social and athletic prominence of the accused man—United Press.
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