REGINA V. LOGAN.
seen him passing my house before constantly. I quarter past six that morning I went out of my dwelling house to go to my tea hong, which was to the east of my house. I usually go to my shop at that time. When I got to my shop I saw some men sitting there waiting to be hired to work at the tea hongs; they do so all the year. There were no other people there, but there were several Europeans coming from the west towards the east; I did not count them, but there were three or four. I see one man present who was one of the Europeans there; it is the prisoner. I saw a cane in the hands of one of the Europeans; it was the prisoner, and he struck the people who had been hired with the stick on their heads.
Mr. Wise—Are you in the habit of allowing your dog to be struck without objecting?
Witness—My dog is a very obedient dog, and always comes into the shop when it is struck. If it had been a Chinaman who struck the dog I would have spoken to him, but as it was a foreigner how could I? I just made an exclamation, and spoke to myself about the matter.
What did you say? Say it just as you said it.
Witness—I said in a low tone, in Chinese, "Ah, the foreigner is sufficiently saucy." I said this being angry, but I said it so low that the foreigner did not hear me. He did not strike me, and there was no disturbance. I could not see who used the stick to strike the Chinese at Logan's house; I only saw the stick used; it was used many times. I did not see the Chinese ward off the blows, but someone must have done so, or they would not have been pursued. There were eight or ten Chinese pursued by the foreigners. The firearm used was not like either of the two revolvers produced; it was longer. I did not see the woman's wound, but I saw blood on her shoulder and she followed the foreigners repeatedly calling on them to cure her wound, and the foreigner would not have her follow them, so he took a revolver to frighten her away, and they went on. I did not see Logan fire the weapon; the woman stepped back when he threatened her with the revolver; then they went on and she followed them.
There was one report, and after a short time another one; I could not see into the street; my shop has glass windows and iron bars to them.
Re-examined by Mr. Francis—When the foreigners went to Logan's house the second time, they stood opposite Logan's door for some minutes. I could not see the foreigners well the first time they went there and the stick was used, because there were a number of Chinese between me and them, but when they came back the second time, there was only the woman, and I could clearly see the pointing of the pistol. There were a few Chinese between Logan's house and the bridge to the east but none between me and the woman.
Wong Nam Po, examined by the Crown Advocate, deposed—I am a tea merchant, carrying on business under the style of the Shun Cheung Lung. I live at the Wan Chu bridge in Nam Ngon-street. I know the Yi Kai shop, but the previous witness is no relation of mine though his surname is the same as mine. Our shops are seven or eight houses distant from each other; his is to the east of mine. I remember the 12th of August; at a...
The Crown Advocate—At the time the prisoner went to his house and obtained the firearm was any one attacking the foreigners?
Witness—There was no one attacking them.
Cross-examined by Mr. Wise—The number of coolies round the tea hongs depends upon the nature of the season. There were several men outside the tea house, and on the other side of the street. I do not think, including women and children passing by, there were more than twenty people passing about there. I did not notice particularly whether anyone was carrying anything besides the prisoner when I saw him carrying a cane; I did not see them carry anything else, but I am short-sighted, and do not wear my spectacles in the street. I have made no mistake as to the prisoner, or as to the number of Europeans; there might have been three or four, but I did not count them. One of the foreigners was rather stout, and one was taller than the prisoner. A good many foreigners pass by there every day, but I don't give any particular attention to them. I cannot say how the foreigners were dressed; I think they were in dark clothes, and one was in white. There were only five coolies sitting outside the tea hong, and the prisoner struck the whole of them. He did not hit them hard until the fifth one warded off the stick, and then the prisoner struck him hard. The foreigner only went about a step into his house, and I am sure I saw a firearm handed to him. I could not say how long it was as I am near-sighted, and I ran away directly I saw it. I have told people I thought it was about a foot long.
Mr. Wise—What length did you give to the pistol when you gave your evidence before the Acting British Consul?
Witness—I said it was about a foot long.
You said on that day it was two feet long, did you not?
The interpreter said was it about a foot or two feet long, and I said yes, probably it was, but that was only my opinion. I think it was a little longer than the two small revolvers produced.
What time elapsed between the firing of the two shots?
About as long as it would take to drink two cups of tea—about five minutes. I belong to the Kai-fong, and am an elder of the street. There is a guard room in the street, but no gambling house. They are all respectable people in that street, and no gamblers at all; it is not a haunt of bad characters.
Cross-examined by Mr. Wise—When I went into the prisoner's house I saw a number of stones, pieces of bricks, and shunam on the ground floor.
Mr. Wise—Can you form an opinion as to how they got there?
Witness—I should say from the look of them, that they must have been thrown from the outside.
Did you see a house marked with a red cross in that street?
Yes.
Was it the prisoner's house?
No.
Have you known the prisoner long?
Yes, since 1873, I think.
What kind of character has he borne as far as you know?
He has borne a very good character.
You never heard anything against him?
No.
And as far as you know, he is a quiet, peaceable man?
Yes.
By Mr. Francis—I don't know when the red cross was put up on the house; I first saw it at the beginning of last week.
His Lordship—Why did you say you thought some of the pieces of brick, &c., came from the roof?
Witness—I meant that I thought they might have been taken from some roof and thrown in. I thought the rubbish was thrown in from the way it was scattered. It could not have been thrown in at the window as it had bars and a wire grating, and I should think it must have been thrown in from the door in the centre of the house.
Mr. A. Denison, Surveyor, and clerk to Messrs. Danby & Leigh, architects, &c., of Hongkong, said—I have had some seven years' experience in making plans, and I made the plan produced of the locus in quo, having visited the spot in company with the last witness as stated. From Logan's house to the bridge is about 110 feet, and from the centre of the bridge to the cross street is 133 feet.
By his Lordship—I did not see a dog struck.
Andrew K. Dunlop, said—I am a British subject, and the constable of this Consulate. I remember on the 12th August last arresting the prisoner in his house at Honam. I subsequently arrested a man of the name of Johnson in a back street in that neighbourhood. He gave himself up to be under the protection of the British Consul. I went over to Honam this morning with Mr. Denison, in court, and I pointed out to him Mr. Logan's house, and I also pointed out Mr. Johnson's house, and I also indicated to him where Mr. Neilson's house was. The two revolvers in court were produced at the preliminary examination before the Consul by Mr. Ewars, of the Custom House. They have been in the Consulate ever since, the greater part of the time in my custody. When they were produced at the Consulate they were both full loaded, and remained so until I withdrew the charges by the direction of the court. (Five cartridges from each produced.) The leather cartridge pouch produced with cartridges in it was also produced in court by Mr. Ewars; the cartridges are the same size as those I withdrew from the two revolvers.
I saw Mr. Cunningham, who was then the Norwegian Consul, examine the...
Chau Anon, examined by Mr. Francis, said—I am a widow; I think I came here before and gave evidence before the Consul. I am a night soil woman, and I live in Sha Tai. I remember being in Honam on the 10th of last moon, I was carrying some baskets in Nam Ngon-street to buy shavings at the carpenters' shops. I was going from the east to the west, when I was shot in the back by someone shooting from behind. There were some people passing and some ran past me coming from behind. I don't know what the people were running for as there were a lot of people about. I did not meet any foreigners. I was shot from behind. It hit me so slightly I did not know at first I was shot...
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