Put pid forward as the owner of the house attacked and who said that his brother Kwan Shap-yat was killed.
Ng Mi Foon claimed that he was present and took part in the attack.
Than Haw, a watchman, said that on the night in question he attacked the robber band of about 60 and that he saw the prisoner.
The evidence of the watchmen was considered by the jury unsatisfactory in many respects and at once rejected, because they could place no reliance upon the statement of Than Haw who claimed that between 2 and 3 o'clock in the morning, he could recognise out of 359 a band of about 60 persons all of whom he says were dressed in a similar way and all perfect strangers to him.
This witness said that just as the prisoner turned round and fired, Le (the witness) fell and fainted. His watch house was near the house alleged to have been attacked. This witness stated too that he had never reported this occurrence to anyone, nor had he sent for Kwan Pok Chan to come to Hongkong until the day he heard the prisoner was sent down specially to identify him.