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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
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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.