lo
that he is branded in two places, He
coas
questioned
these points.
and denied that it was eo.
The Magistrate at this stage:
allowed the
of the proceedings defence to call Hoki, who had
been lately
in Gaol in
Hongkong,
and who declared he knew Leung
in the Chinese Gaol at Victoria, that Leung A You was there twice and that he
Ayan in Leung
was
a
Q-QAN
marks or characters on his face and right
arm and that his
name was
not Leung A You
but Chan Auk
The Magistrate should not have allowed this enquiry into the character and antecedents
of the witness. D. Hartigan was
examined as to the marks. He said there
slight discolouration
on
the left temple and on
the right
a mark about the size of a florin
produced by a burn or by fire
or acid
Leung A You had said he
had not marks
of burn
or scar
but marks of tattooing and the mark on
the temple was caused
by a blow
Chan Kai Ming, third clerk
at the Magistracy
said
I am
the third clerk in the Magistracy.
I can swear
the tattoo marks on the arm
are
the character "To." It means "Theft"
is sometimes accompanied with the word "Sit" and then means
"Robbery"
To Mr. Caldwell "So eit" would
be more correct than "Sit". For I heard the word "Sit" used
before "To." I know the word
"Yik." It is impossible that the
word can be
looked
again,
"Yik." I have
I am able to
Lay