OPIUM ADDICT. CASE OF, CHAN FUN. TO GO BACK TO CHINA COMPATRIOTS TO PAY FARE,
The opium addict, Chan Fun, aged 48, who was arrested on October 21 on
a charge of being found in possession of prepared opium, and who has
been remanded on several occasions, is shortly to leave on his return to
China.
When he last appeared in the Police Court medical
evidence was given that he was suffering from an incurable and
infectious form of tuberculosis and that his condition was such that it
was not desirable that he should be confined in prison. A remand until
to-day was allowed to see if arrangements coiild be made to have him
sent back to China.
This morning Mr. J. F. W. Dickson, who
appeared for the Chinese, said tliat the doctor who had attended to him
considered that nothing could be done to assist him. Chan Fun was not a
suitable case for admission to the T.B. shelters. "Unfortunately," said
counsel, "the Chinese community is having some difficulty in raising
sufficient funds to pay his fare back to China. They have had to put
their hands in pockets to send home two other Chinese. However, if your
Worship will grant a further adjournment for one month, liis compatriots
undertake to find the money for his fare to China."
Senior
Detective Hall consented to tlie adjournment and, stated that Chan Fun
would he better out of New Zealand than in it. . a
Mr. Wyvern Wilson, S.M., remanded accused until January 9 and granted a renewal of his bail. Auckland Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 288, 5 December 1935, Page 10
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Chinese Battered and Robbed
AUCKLAND CRIME. Chinese Battered and Robbed. AUCKLAND, Jan. 22.-With their heads battered two Chinese were found unconscious this morning in their house in Auckland. They had been attacked by two masked men wielding pieces of rubber hose filled with lead and who robbed them of money, gold and jewellery valued in all at more than £1,100. Both victims were taken to hospital.
The West Australian |
Thursday 23 January 1947 |
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