Ching Sam had nothing to do with the Twan house robbery,
14. Ng thi fun had made a full confession; it is not likely that he would have been let off with only a reprimand, and he did not; how is it that the Magistrate sent for him? I will allude to this point later on.
It is worthy of remark that no watchman except Chan Man should have gone after the robbers, when there was another watch house much nearer to the Kevan house than his.
He does not know where the Kevan house was, and he says he did not make any report about what happened on the night of the robbery.
He came to see me. I did not speak to the Justice. He said, "Were you wounded last night?" I said, "Yes." That was all that passed between us. He went to Jan Shek to be cured; while there, he did not make any report to any official. He returned to Yeung Ki on the 2nd May 1887. He did not make any official complaint when he came back.
From the depositions, it appears that the Magistrates or Justices had no evidence at all before them to connect the accused with the robbery of the Kwan's house. As far as I can see, they had made no enquiry, and the persons whom the Justices sent down to give evidence had not made any complaint or report, yet the Justices and Ma Ming at once sent for Kwan Sheep-i, Chan Man, and Ng thi-fun to come down and identify the accused.
Now, did they know that the accused had anything to do with the Kwan robbery, or that these witnesses knew anything of the case? The Justices seem to have framed the complaint and then looked for the witnesses.
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