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ran out

of the

"the house, and five-

or

six children and the 11 defendants,

I do not know if any

one chased

us or not. We all rushed out at

the same time. After we rushed

out I saw no

day

fighting. The next

we came to.

Trong trong

next

Oi

12th November 1880 Yeung Mein

and Yung Fong (both in Court)

and another man and some

others destroyed 14 houses belonging to us by pulling them down and setting them on fire. They said my husband's grandfather

owed them money. My husband

owed them a

sum of money. The

other defendants had held a meeting with the elders in the village and it was feared

that

my husband's grandfather owed them money. The meeting

was about 6 months

before the houses were

destroyed.

The meeting

was before the houses

were destroyed.

Yeung Min and Yung Fang

were amongst

the men who

***

attacked our house on November

22nd 1880.

To Mr. Ewer.

Mr. Worton objects to Mr. Ewer

putting questions, I allow the questions

To Mr. Ewer. I did know Yeung

not

12th Sing Fai. I did see him killed. I

did not know he was killed

until I came to Hong Kong. These people

came to our house about

daylight.

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