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EIGHTH HEARING.I wrote it in the office here. I copied it, or rather remoulded it from a rough memo. which I had previously prepared at the Police Station, but to which Mr Collins objected as informal.
Hegality, and the insulting tone of the private and semi-official letters, which he was directed by the Governor to...
August 26, 1858.
JAMES JARMAN,--examined on oath states. The Ma-chow Wong papers and books were in my custody, from the time I seized them until I delivered them up at this Court, I cannot specify the period. I now recollect, I seized the papers, and they remained in my charge up to 29th September. I made no inventory of them.
I accompanied them up to the Government offices, and handed them over to a coolie called "Allum" who carried them upstairs. I know that Mr May made a memo. from the books at the Central Station, through Tong Aku as his Interpreter.
LO AYEE,--warned, states I am a coolie of this office. I recollect the papers of the Ma-chow Wong's case being here, they were here for 7 or 8 days.
ALEXANDER GRAND-PRÉ, examined on oath states.
By Mr Tarrant.-I sent the papers to the Police Court by direction of Mr May, I accompanied them myself. They were under seal. It was impossible that any portion of them could have been abstracted in transitu.
A. GRAND-PRÉ
(Signed)
NINTH HEARINGAugust 27, 1858.
JAMES COLLINS, Chief Clerk on oath states. By Mr Tarrant. The books and papers in the Ma-chow Wong case, that is to say a certain portion of them were brought into my office in packages by Mr Jarman on or about the 30th September 1857.
(Signed) J. COLLINS.
I recollect some baskets and papers being brought to my office by Mr Jarman. As well as I can recollect it was on the 30th, and the despatch book and other Records bear this out.
RICHARD MITCHELL,-examined on oath. By Mr Tarrant and certain the baskets of papers did not remain in our office longer than one hour. Mr Grand Pré wrote his list in the office here. I gave him pen, ink and paper.
(Signed) R. MITCHELL.
ALEXANDER GRAND-PRÉ,-recalled states on oath. I believe the date at foot of my memo. of the contents of the packages viz. 29th September is the correct date.
TENTH HEARINGSeptember 2, 1858.
IN THE COURT OF THE MAGISTRACY OF POLICE.
In answer to your second question, I was present at the Petty Session Court as a spectator in a case in which Dr Bridges and myself were present, where Mr Caldwell acted as prosecutor, and in which Mr May's name was, on Dr Bridges' suggestion, obtained from Mr Caldwell.
WILLIAM TARRANT,-Defendant,
1, William Tarrant, the defendant above named, make oath and say as follows
3.--That he hath, since being so subpoenaed, hastily gone to Macao, and, as I believe, to Canton also; and that I verily believe that his reason for so acting is that he fears to undergo such examination as he must be subjected to if he be examined at all in this Court touching the premises.
4. That my reasons for so believing are, first, because he hath compromised himself publicly, that is to say, in his newspaper the China Mail, to a defence of the proceedings of one Daniel Richard Caldwell and of one William Thomas Bridges, touching the matters whereunto they have been examined on the part of the prosecution against me in this case.
Sworn before &c.
W. H. MITCHELL.
and his subordinates. Dr Bridges, for they referred to nobody else but himself
T. CHISHOLM ANSTEY.
Taken and acknowledged before me this 21st Augt., 1858.
W. H. MITCHELL.
JAMES MONGAN,-recalled states on oath. Cross-examined by MR TARRANT,—
I have reason to believe the Documents were destroyed in March. I think I received them from Mr Wade about the 3d of March.
When I brought the books out to be burnt, I found the parcels taped and sealed just as I left them.
(Signed)
J. MONGAN,