Charge with sling tale ovidenc are with giving false cvidente, a "Seillement' "tamerdy conductor Po-ling, and a food prisonment yesterday "in the First Special District Court in connection with the recent case of manslaughter in which' another Settlement. tramway conductor, Wang. Wan-hsiang. was sentenced to life imprisonment causing the death of a passenger.
During the trial of Wang -Wan-hsiang, it will be recalled, a 17-year eld student. appeared "in court ity, agal that "he saw Ws hawker later also appeared. in court, stating that what the student hod said was untrue. 'The hawker told the court that afler Feturning "home, the student, who lived. in' the same house with him, denied having e to a foreigner's
fovetonerate the other scoused Chl= osbotween in the Buslsaid that he had given false evidence ness, {in court.
'Both the prosecution and judge, did cused Chinese. His statements esters not belive his story and started to Say indicated that' it was Pan and investigate, It was then found out Himself alone "who were -respon= that Mel Po-ling, another tramway conductor, who was sentenced. yesible forthe shooting. He mentioned Pan'e name at the fast heaving, but terday, had instigated the hawker to far Pan has not been arrested. give false evidence in order to When the other accused Chinese exonerate his colleague facing the was brought up for trial, he was Aske manslaughter charge. by the judge whether he had made statement at the police station to the effect that it was Hovans who Victim Asks Lenieney asked. him. to do an. injury. to tye Victim Inthe ease. "The alleged Oct, 22. between retracted what he had said A Seltlement. tramear conductor the police station, alleging that he named Wang Ah-ken was strongly inad'botn beaten and forced to make Feprimanded by Judge Chu in the a'statement like that, THe had never First Special District Court yesterday for beating a passenger in tis ear on tone, to the Rus Bourget, house nar lad he pointed the vielim's house to the Bund at about 9pm. on October Lig, although he had once seen Liv.
The victim told the judge that he In regard to the. alleged distribu did not wish' to press the charge be-ton of-a pamphlet by the vielim eall= cause accused hada family to suping Hovens.@ Soviet agent, the port but that he wanted accused to cused Chinese denied that he had told Fopent,. Judge Chu accepted his Hovang about the distribution of the cal. The victim, a bar boy employed by Cathay Hotels Ltd. was beaten pamphlet He admitted, however that had. heard something "about {h the chest following a dispute over Asked by' the. judge Whether Hovans the change which accused was alleged Was angry wilh the vielim inthe to have refused to give. case, he showered in the negative, Will' be recalled. in this connection That, at aprovious hearing Hovans Woman Robber Sent to Prison {led fo bertie the impartance of the pamphlet asserting that he hod never Oct, 23.
Ponsidered the matter serious enough Six notorious robbers, one of them, {o"provoks hatred.
woman, were sentenced to. prison terms ranging between one year and terday explaining that he now Knew ova kept the game atitudo yor-seven years yesterday in the First that another 'Russian. had sent Special District Court in' connection the printers, though he had heard the with several atmod robberies.committed since last December. Three allegation nat ft was Mamontat Pistols and many rounds of ammuni-piled paper for printing "the pam: ie tim In the murder case, who. 2
tion used by the gang were con-phier, "He "said the pamphlet fi seated by the court.
Teached him by. mail and" through Wang Yar-len, leader of the gang other. people. VAt™ this juncture, drew seven years while his two chief the. judge raised a question; assistants drew six years each. They coalied that when Hovans. wont to were arrested some time ago in con-the French police to complain against nection with a daring robbery com-the pamphlet, he told the officers that mitted in a room in the Pootung Guild Building in Avenue Edward Momontog? War going to print more details about "aim CHfovans). Hovans VHL" During' the, subsequent tral they also confessed that it was they heard "from another Yosterdny that that as what he who were responsible for another not want 7, revenge, crime committed in the home of Mr.
Hovans said that' he Knew Tsang, Liu Chung-hou, well known Chinese th alleged o-between in the murder, cinema director." The latter crime after he had become acquilated with Wwas committed on December 27 of one. Metz, cnmplayed by' the German Jast year.
Gonsulate-General In" "shanghai, Hovans admitted. that Moltz was' not the true. name of the man, Ho Fe:
Kidnapper Sentenced {used to disclose the true name openly og he said that he did want some peo Oct. 26 ble fo. know the name. He would be A sentence of tive yours! imprison-{wilting to "tell the judge in welting mont was meted out to. Chen' Sing-Tater. "The judge la not seem to. be ing, Soeyear old former drug store interested in this point and ruled that employes: in. the First. Special 'District Gourt yesterday where since more' evidence was necessary. found. guilty of "having kidnapped Ociober 2, aca hearing would be' postponed. 16
his nephew" and holding firn' ina hotel Foom_for ransom.
"Ero over accomplices were, one Question of Jurisdiction Oct. 23, Shang, Assistant Municipal Advoca senced io Tour genre each, Mi 7 fold he" Gourt that the lg had 'A significant precedent, was created inthe. Second Special District, Bapped the. victim, Ipyrent-old- boy. on Ostobor 9 Court "yesterday when a Chinese corner of Shanghalkwan and Carter Judge "assumed jurisdiction over Roads, when he was leaving the 'a Russian defendant despite the Rindoole Sonool Yor ome, objections of Dr. Piero V. E, Torni, bey was than taken io @ Chie parristor-t-haw "(for the defence). note hotel on Avenue Coward Vit by a previous hearing Dr, The kidnappers, who. were later ar-challenged the competency of the Belle, The rads wat learned, took court to try the case, declaring that was a flagrant violation of several ollee,, The raid, i wot learned, articles of the Code. of Civil Pro-ince three days after the kidnapping. cedure of the Republic of China, "The. orrest ofthe title, Was made He asserted that his client was a following the tracing of telephone alle made by the kidnappers fo the Settlement resident, not subject to mother of the boy. The police, not the jurisdiction of the French Conweession tribunal. Counsel withdrew (Bed of the. call traced them to the [Chinese Hotel where the arrests 100k from the courtroom after failing to obtain a written ruling from the place.
Bench as to whether the court would take jurisdiction and as to its re-
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