ANNEX A TO XCR(74) 163
Report to His Excolloncy the Governor in respect of Criminal Casc No. 26 of 1974 Sessions of the Supreme Court
His Excellency the Governor of Hong Kong.
Your Excellency,
Re:
Reg. v. LAI For-pui
On the 16th April last the above-named LAI For-pui was
found guilty of the murder of one W00 Ming-sang and was sentenced
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to death. He applied to the Full Court for leave to appeal against
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his conviction, and on the 10th June the Full Court, having treated
the application for leave to appeal as the appeal, dismissed it.
Pursuant to the Royal Instructions, I have the honour
to submit herewith a report on the case.
The facts wore as follows:
About 6.45 on the morning of the 31st August 1973, WOO
Ming-sang (to whom I shall horeafter refor as the deceased), aged
18, wont to the Paris Billiards Saloon with his wife, LUI Wai-yeo,
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Ah Chuen, TAM Bing-chiu and WU Chi-kin. They went to a room off
the billiards room and there commenced playing slot-machines.
Shortly after a group of people, of whom the accused was onc rushed
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in and accused was heard to shout. "He is the one". The deceased
was bolaboured around the back with billiards' cucs and he rushed
out of the room pursued by the group. It would appear from the
evidence that the accused was not aware of the whereabouts of the
exits from the billiards room and having run around a billiard table he returned to the slot-machine room with the group still in
pursuit.
Ho was thore cornerod and the assault resumed. Those who