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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRIES, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2018, 1918.
MURDER ber. Sun Tai tried to catch hold of him, GRESSON STREET
TRIAL AT THE CRIMINAL
SESSIONS.
At the Criminal Sessions, yesterday, before the Chief Justice (Sir William Rec Davies, R.C.), and a jury, Ng Ling, alias Kwong Kwong, was indicted for being concerned with the murder of Inspector Mortimer O'Sullivan, Sergt. G Clarke, and the Chinese detective Kwong
Sang at No, 6, Gresson Street on January
22nd.
There was a large crowd of spectators
in Court,
The Attorney-General (the Hon, J.
and a certain statement made by the pri- soner confirma that Sun Tai tried to catch him, but was wounded in the hand. Sun Thi would depose that the prisoner put his hand into the box and drow out a revolver, and that Sun Tai struck the prisoner, who fell across the bed. The Sergeant Clarke fell. Sun Tai was then wounded a second time, and he ran scrose the bridge and down into the street. At
Watching on the bridge, also went down
about the same time Ching Kam, who was into the strict, and they took refuge in the doorway of an adjoining house, About a minute later, according to Ching Kam, the prisoner came out of the doar way, followed by another man. The pri soner was not carrying a revolver, but When the prisoner the other man was. came out of the doorway Sun Tui said B. Basto, K. E. Greig, J. T. Shaw, Jomething to Ching Kam, who thereupon fred at the prisoner, who was not run Mcintyre, and J. H. Scott,
H, Kemp) conducted the prosecution, and Mr. C. G. Alabaster, OB.E., an peared for the defence.
The jury was composed of Messrs. G. H. Wilson (foreman), B. M. C. da Cunha,
put it that
The Attorney General if they think the prisoner shared in the common design and I ask them to say that he did share in it, because he made rush for a revolver-then be is gulity of the murder, though he did not fire a single shot, that he intended to ever arrest, and, if necessary, to take pars in
this resistance.
Mr. Alabaster I do not want to inter rupt the speech of the Attorney-General,
but he will have to prove to the jury, without any shadow of doubt, that there
was a common purpose to resist the raid; and he will also have to prove that, if the prisoner went to the box, he wont
His Lordship: Were you in the room Yo, I called out at the time-
time I from inside About the
I have got the heard a voice say handcuffs. I called to the man-not/
constable who was standing in the pamage, to come in. He had been standing in the passage all the time. He came into the room and
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dressed in European clothed struggling GENTLEMEN'S COMPLETE bed. Another man was struggling with with the Inspector at the edge of the Sergeant Clarke, who was being amisted in European clothes put his hand into a black box, and I next heard the report of by Kwong Bang, I saw the man dressed
a shot being fred. Then the prisoner mado a dush towards the bed to take a fire arm, which was lying in a box under neath the bed. I tried to stop him with other left hand and, in doing so, I w
you shot in the hand. I had to release my the you
bold
to owing
pain. The prisoner
and box Lusted to tho
out & pulled him with the
palm Sun fire aru.
to the box with the purpose of attacking the Police, and not defending himself.
His Lordship: All this I think is pre mature.
The Attorney-General The point which I want to suggest to
directly connected with the crime
nock
The Attorney-General, in opening the ring but walking fast. Apparently would show that the prisoner was more then I then hit case for the prosecution, said he hoped Ching Kam missed with the first shot, Tai will tell you that the prisoner maile of my right hand on the nape of his f that the jury and himself would approach but wounded the prisoner in the mouth
volver. My friend says that I have got to the evidence in the caso diapassionately with the second shot, and be fell. Before dash for the box and pulled out a re and consider it in the cold light being wounded in the mouth, prisoner show you that he pulled out the revolver of reason and not in any heated had been wounded in the chest
what do you think ne pulled it out for mind. .of
This apparently in the cubicle before with the intention of attacking the Police or excited fraue
ho came downstairs into the street Did he pull it out to help the Police! evidence he would have wished to bring and the bullet was still inside him. Did he pull it out to defend himself against the people on the flour with whom *Attorney-General expressed forward in this case could not be brought the forward, because the lips of the men whoopinion that the reason why the prine was living. Did he pull it out to
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and he fell forward on to the bed. on my right leg. Then I saw Sergeant THE Clarke fni I lost sight of Kwong Bang As I struck the prisoner I received a shot and I also hoard reports coming from
an into the stret
and saw Cheng Kam
·Tran thero. underneath the bed, and I cleared away
His Lordship: Now you say you saw a man in European clothes struggling with the Inspector-Witness: Yes.
That was one of
in the
with Ser
th
three men
woner was not arinca when he came down defend himself against his brother? room O
into the street was tous, being wounded, he did not reel aule to night at all
he
There is little doubt that if he pulled it out at all he did it with the intention of
Another man was ant Clarke Yes
hou Vere with the third 1--- Yes.
could say what actually happened were closed. If, therefore, there were any gaps in the evidence he hoped they would not Gll them up by any feeling of resentment to the prisoner or by any who to obtain some victim
the murder; that they would only bridge over such gaps by fair and legitimate inference Procciding to deal with the facts, the get away from the back. A minute after that the shot that Inspector O'Sullivan m came from the man who was
bunished for
man who followed Bini was armed, and
red at Ching Ram, who returned are. Neither, however, was hit man then went back again up the stair desire
case. Ching: ham took up a position in could the doorway of No. 10, Cresson Street
and kept watch on the door way of No. but
He did useful work, for by guarding the door-way of No 0 ne prevented the men from escaping from there, and led to one of them being killed while attempting to
Attorney-General said that on January we second man who came down the stair 22hd at about 11 am a party of police case had gone up again the three Chinese constables who were on the second floor went with a search warrant to No. 6,
came running down. On the way one of Greason Street, first flour. The party diem found a fool we wild we exhibited consisted of two Europeans Inspector discharged and that would be exhibited O'Sullivan and Sorgt. Clarko-and nine in the course of the evidence. A quarter Chinese officers. Three constables woul of an hour later another constable, To up to the second floor, and one of the noi, cume rolling down the staircase conatubles was stationed in Lun Far The ovidence was not quite clear, but it Street. The party, on reaching the would probably be found that Lo Hoi
upstairs, premises, went
Inspector went into the cubicle and drew buck O'Sullivan carrying the warrant, which again, and finally went into the kitchen was to search for stolen property. Four and saut the door. inside the kits of the Chinese police--Sun fai, Kwong he found with nun wong way, and Sang, Lo Hoi and Ching Kam--carried they fastened the door. Someone outerde Tavolvera, and it was most importan Kitacu it and tried to open it. Los that all their revolvers thould be ac put is shoulder to it, to keep them out, counted for. Bun Tai, Lo Hoi and Ching but the fastening gave way and Kwong Kam brought their revolvers with them was got out of the window and jumptu after the fight, while Kwong Sang's into the yard. Lo Hor heard a man say, revolver was found on the staircase. He They may escaped through the win The men then went away, and mentioned this because the fifth revolver dow." which was found did not belong to the Lo Hoi ran downstairs. At this time the Police, and must have belonged to one of Chinese police omheers were either scared the robbers who were killed. When the out of the house, or were wounded, Police got to the first floor Sergt. Clarke inspector U'Sullivan and Sergenat Clarke and three Chinese constables went up to were lying dead in the cubicle, one of the second floor. The thres Chinese con- the others lay dead in the yard, while was wounded. The stables remained there, and Sergt. Clarko Kwong dang came down. While one party went up to Attorney General then went on to narrate the second floor; the other party, with the reamer of the facts from the time Inspector O'Sullivan in charge, passed of the arrival of Police reinforcements over the bridge in the centre of the build to the and of the affray and added: ing and reached the back portion of the lou see, there is no direct evidence house. They passed two men sitting and that any hot was fired by the prisoner smoking opium, and another man who at Inspector O'Sullivan, but I am going was sitting on & bed with two women to ask you on two grounds to say that he and a child. The four policemen, entered is guilty of the murder. In the frat the cubicle at the back. In that cubicle place, I am going to ask you to say that they found three men, two of whom were he was a member of the gang, obviously lying across a bed, while the third was armed to the teeth, desperate, reckless, sitting on bed. One of these three men prepared and determined to carry out was the one found shot in front of Sergi their purpose, regardless of the conse Marriott's house. His name was Ngquences a shown by the state of their Ming and he was a brother of the pris armoury for eleven revolvers were found oner. The second man in the room in the place and also 300 rounds of am was the prisoner himself, and the third munition and by their subsequent mur man was apparently, the man who was derous attack on the Police afterwards caught in the kitchen on the ground floor and was sent to the Hospital, where he died
His Lordship He was wounded
while in the house and by the wild shooting in the street. I am going to show you that the prisoner was staying in the house, though not for long, with his
brother, Ng Ming, the man who was dressed in European clothes, and that he had been seen in company with members of the gang previously. I am going to point out to you that, whatever purpose the men might have had in possessing arms, the only inference that can be drawn was that they bad the arms to protect themselves from an attack by the Police. It was inconceivable that a gang like theirs should not have discussed plans in connection with a raid by the Police.
Mr. Alabaster Wo are getting ter away from the point
inference,
Did
that aiming
And when the prisoner made a dash
You were searching him when yo towards the bed you took hold of him?— Ye heard the report—Yes.
you see anybody did not notice Can you say from what direction the shots that hit you came?-I can say for certain that the shot which hit me on
with the Inspector fall did not sco the
You
attacking the Police. We are concerned with the fact that Inspector O'Sullivan had five bullet wounds. Four wounds were in the front, and one was at the back. You will remember that there were three man in the rood; one was struggling with Inspector O'Sullivan, face to face; one was struggling with Cergeant Clarke; while a third was on gaged with Sun Tal. The prisoner stood unattended, and it is therefore probable. received from the back was not shot by
fall. the man with when he was struggling, did not, nor by the man who was struggling with You say you saw Sergeant Clarke
ed After I Sergeant Clarke, or by the man strug Was that before, or after, you were gling with Sun Tun bedt ut & revolver the armor bad received & would the prisoner, had pulled out a revolverin had a revolver with you 1-It was and it may be that he fired the shot. The prisoner escaped and ran down in my leather case; I had not drawn it The Attorney-General: Why did you I could not stairs. He had no revolver but are at the time at w
not produce it -Witness: volver was found on the stair-caso by man going downstairs. I shall ask you got it out in time
Sun Tai, continuing his evidence after to say that that revolver belonged to the prisoner The resolver had three at tif, taid:The box was placed near ridges in it and two chambers had beet the passage, at the foot of the bed. discharged. I think the inference could Ching Kan was watching at the bridge. he drawn that one of the discharged I went to the entrance to No. 8, which chambers in the prisoner's revolver wasis next door, and Ching Kam was also the one that shot Inspector O'Sullivan inhere We afterwards went to No. 10. the back while he was struggling with We saw the prisoner coming down from another man
No. & He walked towards No. 10 and His Lordship intimated that he might rod at him, deaire to hear argument from both sides on the question n to whether, presuming that there was no prior discussion and agreement among the men to prevent arrest, a subsequent attempt to prevent arrest by the using of such weapons would bring the prisoner within the crime with which he was charged.
Evidence was then given by Drs Me Farlane and Kenny who described the nature of the wounds, and the cause of death.
Sergeant Cotton gave evidence of identi- fication, and Mr. R. 8. Vergettes, of the W.D. produced plans of the premises, Mr Richard H. Haneen a member of the Police Reserve, who arrived soon after the affray had commenced, spokes to the discovery of the bodies,
CHILE DETECTIVE'S EVIDENCE. Sun Tai, the Chief Chinese detective who has been in the Hongkong Police Force for 20 years, bore out the state ment of the Attorney-General, and said he was armed with a seven-chambered automatic pistol He was the first to enter the end cubicle nearest to Lun Fat Street, and was followed by Inspector O'Sullivan and Kwong Sang. There were three men in the cubicle at the time Twe were lying across the bed, and the third was sitting on the edge of the bed. no was dressed in European clothes, and two in Chinese long coats.
His Lordship: Did you recognise him? Witness: Yes, I recognised him at once. Witness added: My pistol misfired. I told Ching Kow about it, and he fired at the prisoner, who then fell down in the street. A minute or two later Inspector Sim came up. Shots were fired after that I then went to the Hospital. Ching Kam fired once at the prisoner
Mr. Alabaster: You say that in the street Ching Kam fred at the prisoner once-Witness Yes
Are you positive of that?-As far as I am concerned I heard only one shet.
You say that Ching Kam fired twice, and that at the second shot the prisoner fall No, he fell at the first shot
After that shots were fired in the street Yes, somebody fred.
Somebody fired from the staircase of No. 6-Yes
A
This revolver (produced), I believe, was found on the staircase of No. I did not see it
At any rate a shot was fired at you from the staircase or No. 6, but not by priconer 1-Not at that time
When you got on to the first floor you saw in the first room two men smoking opium ?--Yes,
Do them!--
Yes, you remember either of
What is his name?-So Yuet Chee. Was So Yuct Chee called as a witness His Lordship: All three were Chinese at the Polico Court Yen he was Withens You Witness added that the Did he say that although he went to rioner was one of the three and was the house frequently he was not there on lying down like the man in European that day I did not hear him say that clotica als be going to be a witness in, alus case 1
His Lordship: What were they doing He is to be called. Were they asleep-Witness: No ther were lying down and talking
Were they smoking? Yes, they were smoking opinion.
and
You say that, apart from the Police, there were altogether, in the last cubicle at the end four men, of whom the pri
Boner was opel-Yes.
Three of them were in the cubicle and one you called in afterwards? Yes.
the one whom you called in after- wards one the men who were amaking opium? No.
Did you take any notice of the two who were smoking opium in the pastge!
No Did you see two women and a small
and after I had finished man first man I searched the girl sitting on a bed in the middle cabi-
No arms were found on
The Attorney General: Yes, my Lord, When the party got to the cubicle the men were made to get up, and were searched to see if they possessed any arme. One of them, called Ng Ming, was wearing European clothes and he was searched Arst by Su Tai, who went searched the prisoner. Kwong Bang searched the third man. After the search the three men were made to stand in the corner. The men then asked to be allow ed to put
some coats, which were
What did you do? I told them to get hanging on the wall, and prisoner himself
ere you dressed us you are now l-No, pointed to one cost and said it was his. The coats, were first examined and then
I was in plain clothes. I am a plain handed over to the men, who put them His Lordship. It is only an
clothes detective on and buttoned them up! Then Bun The Attorney-General: What I sugWitness continuing, said I asked Tai called out for handcuffs, the intergest is that men of this kind must have the men to get up from the bod tion being to handcuff the men and then on armed against a Police raid and searched the man dressed in European search the cubicles. What happened at their own subsequent acts I submit clothes first. Kwong Sang searched the that point was not quite clear, and, in prove that that was their intention. It the circumstance, ho (the Attorney is not a case in which the police were
clef No; it was in the passage. General) did not think the jury would chasing the men, who turned round and
Did you take any notice of them? between the facts as ralsted by one mau Sun Tai You know that he found the them, they were asked to stand on one
Then you say you went to the furthest and as given by another When the Chief Inspector and another man struggling side The man in European clothes then Chinese detective called out for hand and it was therefore a planned and asked the Inspector for some clothes to eubicle and saw three men 1-Yas
BAHo was sitting in the passage, cuffs, another man, not a policeman, cane simultaneous attack Then, again, accord. put on. The Inspector asked Where Where did the fourth man come from ¶
The clothes into the cubicle. Sun Tai began to ing to Sun Tai's evidence, the prisoner are your
You have not mentioned him He was Inspector Sullivan say Don't move box. It is naturally easy to judge of and the Inspector handed it to him. H your hand. By this time Bergt. Clarke their intention from what had transpired put it on. Then prisoner said That when I passed him He was sitting had, apparently come downstairs. Sun afterwards. If you think that these long coat is mine. I want it. Prisoner there all the while till I called bum Taas he saw the Impector struggling people were prepared, that they intended attempted to go and get it himself, but Was this man on the same bed as the
I stopped him. I said to Kwong Bang
two women --No, the two men who were with one man, while Sergeant Clarke was to resist the Police in their lawful arrest: Take it off the wall search it and smoking opium were on a bed some dia struggling with another, and Keng if you think that the prisoner's action in hand it over in him. Then the third ance away from the other beds I lavo to be more or less unattended. That man time that the attack was made on Inspec. That is mine I gave Kwong Sang Did you say this at the Police Court. Saug was helping him. One main seemed ante and man also pointed to a coat and sald referred to Was the prisoner. The man who was for O'Sullivan and Sergeant Clarke the same instractions as I did concerning I looked into the middle enbicle, I mir struggling with Inspector O'Sullivan then even if he did not fire a shot, it will prisoner's cost. The prisoner and the inside a ast, two woam and a child apparently put his hand into a bliek not-lieve him from being guilty of the led man pus on the coats. They were sitting on the bed. I took no noties fr
all in
just Box lying underneath the bod, and a refordship? Put it that if the jury Bucs between the wal and the bed - No, I did not say that at the time moment afterwards Sun Tai beard a re- port This was followed by a series of think that the prisoner, intended to re- called out Which of you fot have interpreter misunderstood me at the time- reporta. Sun. Tai would state that the sist arrest by picking up wolver the handcuffs! Bring them here Ber" It was subsequently corrected. prisoner, who was more or less unattend while the attack was going on be is a geat Clarke came into the cubicle, as
soon tiered thoEO "WOTCL) Ed, made a rush towards this very me party to the murder.
be surprised to find some discrepaner shot at them. There
is the evidence them After we had searched
wooden
search him, and, while doing so, heard was seen to have made a rush to the black a jacket hanging on man pointerfon Batting on another bed in the passage
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