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Statement by Inspector Lee with reference to the case referred to by Mr. Wodehouse and Inspector Kemp.
JOHN LEE, Inspector, states :-
19th July, 1892.
I remember a case against a man NG Kó. It happened last August. Two men and a woman were brought to the Registrar General's Office from the Pó Léung Kuk. I think they were brought to the Registrar General's Office on the 4th August, which was a Tuesday. I was called in to the Office by the Registrar General, while the three persons were in the presence of the Registrar General, who asked the three parties if they were willing to go to the Pó Leung Kuk to allow the Pó Léung Kuk to enquire into the grievance whatever it might be. At that time there was nothing to show there was any offence committed. All the parties said they were willing to go to the Pó Leung Kuk. I saw nothing of the parties until Saturday, the 8th August, when the Registrar General instructed me to charge No Kó under the Women and Girls' Protection Ordinance. I charged the man under section 11. I had him taken to the Charge Room and his name was put on the Charge Sheet. The case came before the Magistrate, Mr. Wise, on Monday the 10th. The defendant was sentenced to six months hard labour. The man never said anything about being illegally detained in the Pó Léung Kuk.
Depositions in Case referred to by Mr. Wodehouse and Acting Inspector Kemp.
IN THE POLICE COURT AT VICTORIA IN THE COLONY OF HONGKONG.
MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS.
Reg. on Complaint of LI SING Fu wife of U HING TONG, Complainant.
V's.
NG Kó, 51, of Tung Kun, Butcher, Defendant.
Charge.-On the 2nd day of August, 1891, unlawfully did bring into Victoria in this Colony by fraudulent means oue LI SING Fu for the purpose of emigration contrary to Ordinance 11 of 1890. LI SING Fu declared :-
I am wife of U HING TONG, a servant at Nan Chun. On June 27th I lost a servant girl. I offered a reward of $55 for her recovery. On July 29th the defendant came and said he had heard the girl was in Canton. I went to Canton with him. On July 31st or August 1st be said he heard the girl was in Hongkong, I came down with him to Hongkong on August 2nd. I walked about with defendant on the Praya. A woman came up and spoke to defendant. Defendant then asked me to go on board a boat to go and search in Kowloon. I asked where the boat was going to and the boat people said it was going to Sun Ng, so I refused to go and had a row with defendant in the street. I was taken to the Pó Léung Kuk. I never saw the servant girl again.
No questions.
NG KING MAN declared :-
We came to
I am a servant to a mandarin. I came to Hongkong with complainant and defendant. look for a servant girl who had been lost. The defendant said he heard the girl was in Hongkong.
No questions.
YAU WAI declared :-
On August 2nd, at 5.30 P.M., I saw complainant and defendant quarrelling, and from what complainant said I arrested defendant.
No questions.
Defendant denies.
6 months hard labour.
ALFRED G. WISE.