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FURTHER QUESTIONS TO
THE INSPECTOR.
Verdict of Justifluble Homicide.
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1925.
Considerable Echo,
Mr. W. G. Gerrard, Assistant Superintendent of Police, remark- ed that the shots echoed consider. ably,
Mr. Lindaell (to Inspector Bar- net): Do you think it possible to be secounted for by echo?
Inspector Barnett: I did not take any notice at the time. I think it might be accounted for The inquiry into the recent.
There are two hills border shooting incident conclud-by echoes. ed at the Central Magistracy yes.running parallel. terday afternoon, when a verdict
Then four shots wore fred first.
of "justifiable homicide" was re- Two by you and two by the man turned. Yesterday was the third who escaped?—Yes. day of the inquiry: Two further witnesses were called, and Sub- Inspector Burnett was recalled and further questioned.
You are certain that only six or seven shots were, fired in your neighbourhood? Yes,
Apart from your fear already deposed to and your apprehension) The special jury consisted of that these men right be armed, Messrs. T. H. G. Brayfield (fore and might open fire on you, do man), George Grimble and J. Pyou consider you could have ar Braga. The first witness called reated them unless you had fred? was Pi Wen-chau, a Wethniwei
-No. They would have got away. policeman. stationed at Sheung
You are quite satisfied of that? Shui. He said he accompanied
Oh, Yes. the Weihaiwei sergeant who gave evidence at the previous hearing 10, San Uk Ling.
Before reaching there, he met a woman who said there had been a highway robbery. The woman was one who had been robbed. Witness went on past San ling, and when about half way he furned off to the left towards In Kap in the hills. Be saw three men running from the gap to the top of the bill.
Witness then heard one shat, and then five or six afterwards. After the shots all the three men disappeared. Witness could not see who fired.
Was your idea in Bring to kill or merely to stop them?-To stop
them.
Believed Men To Be Robbers.
At the time were you quite satisfied they were robbers who had been robbing those women?--
was quite satished that they were the thres men was, told about. I believed they were the robbers,
Had you any motive for wish- ing to stop them besides that- Only that one fired at me.
And besides that-That was the only motive.
Mr. Brayfield, the foreman 01 the jury, then put the following questions to Inspector Barnett!,
Was there any other aropeah
Evidence of Policemen. The Weihaiwel Sergeant fired. two shots. When the men disap-officer in the station of Sheung peared witness climbed the hit Shul at which you were stationed in company with the Sergeant. at the time of this shooting, or When he reached the top he saw were you the only European officer two'mer lying on the ground shot. the station?
Inspector Barnett: There were IIe saw a third. man at the foot of the hill about 400 yards away."
no other European officers there Witness fred one shot while at
at the time. There had been an- the top of the hill in the dixer-other but he had been temporarily tion of the man who was running transferred. I had had a sergeant.
there. He was transferred two or away. The shot had no visible effect.
three days before and returned i two or three days later.
Chi Ching-ho, another Weihai- policeman.said that when the other two oflicers turned off to the left he went straight and round the hill. Before he left the Sergeant he heard five or six shot and later when he went on alote he heard a further shot
no; see anyone firing. hrard the single shot it ten minutes after the five or six.
Were the three men, that is, the one who got away and the two deceased, fairly close together when, you hrst saw them?--Yes. Thoughton Were Armed. You did 44
in fact, bellye after: He could being fired at twice by the person When he at whom you shot twice and who was about apparently escaped, that the re previous maining two persons whom you were after were similarly armed when you fired, at them?—Yes.
Do you think it possible that. although you found no firearms rtually an the persons of the two deceased, that the deceased, finding themselves in a tight cor-} uer before you shot at them, drop- ped their firearms and that their
When he arrived at, the brick kiln road. he saw a man disap pear into a field of sugar cane, The man was about 100 yards away. He heard no further shot ing. He went up to where the Inspector was and saw two men ring shot. He helped to search In the neighbourhood, and found firearms (if any) may have Leen the two cloth budges which he picked up and concealed by the handed to Inspector Barnett on other searchers who assisted in iris return to Sheung Shuti. | picking up the badges?
Inspector Barnett Questioned. After this evidence, Inspector Burnett Wi recalled and the Coroner put further questions to him.
The Corner: The Welhadwel Sergeant gave evidence at the last hearing to the effect that he heard
Inspector Barnett: I think that | if they had been armed they would have dropped them. I do not new think it likely that they were armed. If they were they may have thrown away their arms.
Mány Border Robberies.
The Coroner then put the fol-
fr or five shots fired up the hill-lowing questions to Mr. Gerrard:
site, followed by five or six more.
During the past few months
Can you understand that evid-have there been many cases' of robberies near the border ?-Quite
いまだか? ..
Inspector Barnett; When the number. Sometimes a daily ce
men ran down the hill he firest currence, and then Intervals be- Two rounds and so did I. When tween. Sometimes several on con-
number of hold-ups:
I came to the top of the bil 1secutive days. We have had a fired three further rounds" at the iwe men.
Have the reports often statel There were, four shots to begin that the people holding up persons with and three afterwards 7-Yes,
You think that enough for the Sergeant 1o describe as five or six and as six and seven?-~Yes.
were, armod?--Yes,
Usually?-In every case.
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