The complainant then went to the side door and he and No. 17 pushed open the side door. It was a thin door which one man could easily knock in. The complainant went in with him and pointed out the seven men who were in the house. Those seven men were trying to hide themselves.
P.C. McNab, No. 76 said - Along with five or six constables he went to No. 21 Gough Street, where he was told some of the rioters had escaped to. He found the door closed, with evidently something at the back of it. He pushed the door open. They found on entering another door which was fastened by a wooden latch. He arrested two men, but could not say who they were.
Cross-Examined:- He had no warrant for entering the house. When he went to Gough Street he saw people rushing about. It was quite possible that those who had been fighting might have hid themselves in the crowd. Those in the house did not offer any resistance to the police. They found four men hidden beneath the bed. He could point out three men - 6, 11 and 13. He could not well identify the fourth man. He found 15 bamboos in the room. This was the only house he entered. The men were excited and frightened when he arrested them, but they did not offer any opposition. When he went to Gough Street he found a large crowd, some were roaring and shouting and there seemed to be a general commotion. He had no warrant to enter the house. The complainant went along with them to No. 21. He went first to No. 6 and then came back and pointed out the men who had escaped from No. 6.
There were other two men in No. 21, one of whom was the owner of the house.
P.C. 610 said he went with last witness to No. 21 Gough Street, Lo Aluk, the complainant, took them there. When he went near the place there were some Chinese fighting. When they saw the constables they ran inside the house and when they were inside they shut the door. He and the last witness pushed the door open. He saw the men run in and saw them shut the door. Nos. 9, 10, 11 and 12 were under the bed and he arrested them. There were a number of bamboo sticks inside the house. The four men were pointed out to him by the complainant. There were five men altogether arrested. The four that he arrested he handed over to the last witness.
P.C. J. Bowland, said he went with the last two witnesses. He arrested No. 3. He found him in a top loft with nothing but his trousers on.
P.C. George Murray said he went with Lo Aluk to No. 20. He there saw a man lying in a pool of blood. The man had three different wounds on the back. The people in the house pointed to No. 21 and he went over there. The door of the house was barricaded. The Chinese constable asked them to open the door, but they refused and the door was pushed open without much difficulty. They found four men below the bed who were pointed out by the complainant. Two boxes in complainant's shop were smashed and everything was turned upside down as if there had been a struggle in the house. As he was going towards No. 20, he saw some men run from that house across the street to No. 21, which they entered and closed the door. He identified No. 6, 8, 10 and 11 as being arrested at No. 21.
P.C. F53 said he went to No. 21 Gough Street. He arrested No. 12 and 13.
P.C. 195 said last night about 10 minutes past eight o'clock he heard a noise and went to Gough Street. He saw European constables arresting men and he went back to his house at Kei Yu Fung No. 19. He saw No. 14 on the roof of his house and arrested him.
Cross-examined: When the row began he was in his family house. That was about 8.10. The noise seemed to be coming from near the Mi Tuk pawn shop. The first thing he saw was the European constables arresting men. He did not know what caused the row in Gough Street. He heard them speaking in the street about some money. He heard that the Hok Loi men were having a fight about some gambling money. The people said so; he did not know. He knew the Ho Loi Kwai Sing Kwong Sho house, but he did not know what kind of a house it was. That house was in Queen's Road West. He did not know whether it was connected with the affair or not.
The case was then adjourned till Thursday, when the case of fighting on the Praya West will also be tried. Bail in both cases was fixed at $200 for each prisoner.
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