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MURDER TRIAL CONCLUDES
DEATH SENTENCE
PASSED
Last evening a verdict of guilty was returned by the jury in the trial of Chiu Yuk-fal, 24, P.W.D. draughtsman, charged with the mur- der of Cheung Yuk-ching, alias Cheung Sam-koo, concubine of shop-keeper,
Summing Up
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In the course of his summing-up, the Chief Justico said that of one thing they could be sure that the
discovered when remnants charcoal fire was extinguished were the remains of Sam Koo. Prior to her death Sam Koo, not to put too fine a point on It, had been black-
for malling accused
payment to which it had swollen, ne- from the original The Promissory Noto called for payment on February 20. He had told the Court he intended to stupefy, the woman to recover documents, and it was in his favour that he apparently made no attempt at conceniment, though he could not, of course, normally expect Sam Koo to go with him in the darkness of the night to any lonely, out of the way place.
the
What happened on the floor could be told by no one except accused and the other man who appeared to have been To Wal-man. Accused's story was a strange one, to put it mildly. He said To told him of the stupefying D'Almada Mr. smoke and In support, hos referred to the visiting card as
Tant some corroboration to
extent, me time or other had accused at some in contemplation the collection and possibility the admixture of several drugs was corroborated to that ex- tent, but further than that it did not
Accused stated that the
had
drugs were procured and mixed but L Chung
had not come forward to con- flrm
that, nor had it been learned from whom the drugs were
obtained.
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datura
It was put to the Government Analyst that
two
of the drugs, stramonium
and belladonn and that the
Was ricked in India with other drugs.
were weze
It was not unimportant, said His Lordship, in view of the fact that the jury would have to decide wha
what to Jury and believe of we
the accused's story, to note the discrepancy in his of the visit to the mah-jong account school. When it
it was pointed out that he differed from Chun Wan,
the owner of the school in details of the visit, he then altered his version.
Accounts Differed
Accounts of what happened on the floor differed not inconsiderably as was natural when, timer had to be given by different witnesses. Accus- ed had said that the moment Sam Koo entered the floor she was strangled out of hand by To, who then stripped her er jewellery, Accused took the rwery himself as a guarantee that To would return to the floor with the charcoal with which they proposed to get rid of the body.
When the fre did not burn at Arst, a trunks was procured and the body was stuffed inside but the pre- sence of many people in the vicinity made the men return to their ori- ginal scheme of burning the body.
In allempting to keep people oft the floor accused played the principai part. After the discovery he walked quickly away and disguised himself 31 his concubine's house.
The jury would have to consider whether accused's story was credible; secondly, whether it was credible in view of other evidence, particularly medical evidence.
The existence of the false docu- ments, their nature and contents were known to the Police at Macao, to Mr. J. M. D'Almada Remedios, whom Sam Kas consulted and to Mr. Wong. of Messrs. Geo. K. Hall Brution and Co. There was nothing secret about them and the appliention of stupefy- Ing smoke would neither make the relations between Sam Koo and ac- cused more amicable nor prevent her from proceeding against him on the Promissory Note and the unwarrant- ed assault.
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In considering the Jowellery, Jury must remember that accused sald he put them in his own. wallet in his own cubicle while To was ab-
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The Jewellery His Lordship continued: A man who has murdered a' woman in cold blood and has mercilessly: stripped the body of jewellery and then seiz ed the chance of getting away scot free from the Reene of his crime, might be Jured back by these trink lets. It is quite possible. But accus- ed cald, “I then put, the jewellery in my own cubicle. I knew To would return for them." To was in no post- tion to depend
30 pieces of aliver he was to get from accused be- cause he did not get them so it was jewellery or nothing. Accused slat- ed: "To twice asked for it when he came back but I was not going to give it to him until the burning was He had put it in his own Anished," cubicle, the first place to be search- It would have ed by the Police. been much simpler and more natural to put it in his own pocket, and you will have to consider
whether
er you
think the stupidity of his actions is not the strongest evidence in favour of his
He was so amazingly story. stupid as
as to leave this valuable and gratuitous clue against himself in e place where it was most easily to be found when, with less trouble, he inade the fewellery valu- 'could have
able for himself,
His Lordship said the jury would have to consider the evidence of Dr. Berble who made three points: prob- abilities pointed strongly to the frac- ture of the head having occurred be fore death though it might have oc- curred after death; the fracture could not be caused by any fall such as accused had described, namely
standing position, and the scalp
from the blood
clot between the skull could not have occurred after death.
No doctor had been called on be half of accused, and Dr. Begbie's evi-
dence was therefore unchallen!
It had been given by a
man after a minute examination and was given in no spirit of bigotry. From his internal examination he found evidence of strangulation in
no neck and throat.
the
"If you believe Dr. Begbie, I ven- lure to suggest you will find it a little dimeull to reconcile his story and that of accused," added His Lord- ship.
Remarkably Callous Listening to accused's evidence, the Jury might have formed the conclu- sien that he was remarkably callous in witnessing what he described as the nsault by To on a woman with whom he had co-habited. But whe ther they thought him the "greatest coward that the world had ever known" that must not prejudice them
In coming to their verdiet on a charge of murder,
Accused was admittedly a lar; he was prepared to tell lles and did tell Iles to the Polles. He had said he made the statement merely to "Jun- tify the existence of the Police." He closed his statement with three de- berate les "told, to please the I.G.P."
cannot understand that for the of me," added his Lardship. life
In his concluding words to the the jury, His Lordship dealt with three legal points already referred to and reminded them that their verdict was concerned only with murder; there was no question of manslaught- er. Their verdict must be unanim- but by that he did not mean ALS that anyone of them who should find himself in
with the disagreement wi others, must perforce give way.
Jis Lordship spoke further on the possibility mentioned by Mr. D'Al- mada that while accused was in the teng
on the
floor Sam Koo might ved and then been struck have revived with the hammer by To without ac- cused's knowledge.
The jury retired at 4.45 p.m. and at 0.40 p.m. they returned to Court for further explanation in regard to the three legal points. After the Foreman, with the consent of his col- leagues, had passed a note to both counsel and His Lordship, and after the latter had explained the matter to them, they again retired and did not return until 7.15 pan.
Asked if he had anything to say why sentence of death should not be passed on him, Chlu said the agree inent he made with To Wai-man was only to apply stupefying staoke on Sam Koo.
to He dk not arrange kill her. Accused was about to ask the jury certain questions, when he was interrupted by His Lordship
that who said the deliberations of those genteould not allow questions were an essential secret. He being asked of them..
The Sentence Accused then said that all he had to say was that he did not murder the woman. Accused
the sentence received without sign of emotion and left the dock calmly.
the jury Before the Couri rose, and Mr. D'Almada were thanked by His Lordship. Addressing the latter, the Chief Justice sald he apprcelat- ed very much the help given by him in the course of discharging his one- Dis task.
The jury were thanked for their patience and careful consideration of the case and exempted from service for two years.
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