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to three years' imprisonment." He then said, "Do you know Sham Cha?" I replied, "Yes, he keeps a druggist shop." He said, "Is he not a gambling master?" I said, "I do not know, I only know him as the master of a shop." He said, "Do you know Cheung Hoi?" I said, "Yes." He said, "What is he?" I said, "He keeps a coffin shop." He said, "Has he not a share in a gambling house?" I replied, "I do not know." He then asked, "Do you know Iam Chi?" I replied, "There are many of that name." Ho said, "Tai Pau Chi, is he not a gambling master?" I replied, "I do not know, I have heard he is." He said, "There is a proof paper with names of Stanton, Hennessy, and Baker, with yours as go-between, unless you coufess, it will not do." I replied "Perhaps somebody desires to injure me, or to cheat the masters, and put my name down." I was then sent back to the cell.
In the forenoon of the 15th I was taken to the office. Mr. May and Mr. Dennys were there with Sung Sing as interpreter. Mr. May said, "I do not wish to trouble you, but there is evidence against you on this paper." He produced a paper which he did not permit me to read. He said, "If you will tell me about Inspector Stanton, Iuspector Hennessy, and Inspector Baker, I will get your banishment cancelled and reinstate you." I replied "I know nothing about gambling money. Who has handed the money to me?" Mr. May then went into another room, and in about three minutes brought out Sham In. Sham In said, "You confess, your name is there." Mr. Dennys said, "Is that Yeung Fat?" Sham In said, "Yes." Mr. Dennys told him to speak out. He said, "He (referring to me) wont to 3, East Street every five days to receive from me $1.00 a day for Inspector Hennessy." Mr. Dennys said, "There he fixes you." I replied, "He is an enemy of mine." Mr. Denuys said "What enemy."
" I said "I had a quarrel with him in the fifth month of last year." Sham In said he (Sham In) went home at that time, because his father died on the 9th day of the 5th month. I was then sent back to the cell. In the afternoon, I was taken out to see Mr. Ewens, the solicitor, and Sin Tak-fan. They told me the Governor was going to bauish me. I was seut away to Canton the following day, the 16th July. The banishment order was shown to me for the first time in the charge room on the afternoon of the day I was banished. On each occasion I was before Mr. May and Mr. Dennys, my statements denying all knowledge of this bribery by gublers was taken down by Mr. Dennys. I still deny all knowledge of the matter.
On the 14th day of the 7th Chinese month (11th August, 1897) P.C. 143 Au Hing visited me in Macao. He told me Mr. May and Mr. Francis had sent him to look for me to go to Hongkong to explain to them about Inspector Stanton, Inspector Baker, and others, and then I would be allowed to resido in Hongkong and be reinstated in the Police. He said, "If you go, Inspector Stanton will be dismissed, and if you do not go he will be dismissed, but if you go and give evidence against him, he will not be able to say anything; his mouth will be elosed. If you think it will not look well to give evidence against him, you need not go before any Court; you can write and say when you will go to Hongkong and some one will meet you on the steamer and take you to Mr. Francis' office, where he will take down your statement." He told me he had been banished, but his wife paid over $100 to Mr. Francis, the barrister, to speak for him to Mr. May and get the order cancelled, but he was not yet reinstated. He further said "If you do not wish to go to Hongkong write down a statement for me to take to Mr. May and Mr. Francis." I said "I know nothing about the matter and I have already said so in gaol." The next day I went to Canton and the day after that P. C. 143, Au Hing came to me here in Canton with a similar request to what he had made in Macao, but I had nothing to tell him or to write, and he left.
Declared by the above named Yeung Fat in my presence.
[L.S.] E. H. FRASER,
VICE-CONSUL
(Sd.) (YEUNG FAT)
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On the 27th day of September, 1897, appeared before me O Mi-cheung who, after the following statement had been interpreted to him, declared upon his oath that the contents
were true.
O MI-CHEUNG states:-I served in the Hongkong Water Police Force for fourteen years and eight months. I was a detective thirteen years and six months and an acting sergeant and a sergeant about thirteen years of this period.
On the 15th July, 1897, Inspector Hanson took me into Victoria Grol. Just before arriving at the gaol he said to me, "Do you know anything about Mr. Corcoran receiving $3.00 a day from gambling bouses ? Did you hand it to him?" I told him I knew nothing about it. He then took me inside and the chiof warder searched me, after which I was locked up in a cell on the first floor. At 8 or 9 p.m. I was taken to the office of Mr. May, the Superintendent of Gaol, before Mr. May, Mr. Dennys and Mr. Sung Sing, who acted as interpreter. Mr. Dennys asked me if I had ever collected gambling money and handed it to Mr. Corcoran. I replied "No." He said "No? Sharu In says you have." Sham In was then called in and Mr. Dennys asked if I knew him, I said "No. I do not know him." Mr. Deonys asked Sham In if he knew me and he replied "Yes." I asked how many times he had seen me. He replied "Once,” I said "When?" He replied "In the 3rd decade of the 12th moon of last year (January, 1897) above a barber's shop." I asked in what street and the number of the house, and he said he could not remember. I asked to whom he had paid the money, and he said "To Yeung Fat and Tang Chung; uncle A Cheung (meaning me) confess."
I said "I have done nothing to confess." Mr. May then sent Sham In away and said to me, "You have heard what Sham In said." I replied "He is a prisoner and wants to be let out." Mr. May said, "I believe he speaks the truth." I said, "I have done
no such thing." Mr. May said, "Tell everything and I will speak to the Governor, who will perhaps let you off and let you remain a Sergeant, otherwise you may be placed on the charge sheet, and charged and if there is evidence, you may be sentenced to six or nine months' hard labour and afterwards be banished for five years. Why is it you will not tell? Corcoran has resigned and you need not be afraid to speak; he cannot look after you now,"
I replied- "Yes, if I know I must tell and look after myself before others." Mr. May said in English, "You are very foolish." When I was before Mr. May and Mr. Dennys, Mr. Denny, wrote down my statement. I was sent away and locked up.
The next day, 16th July, I was taken out again before Mr. May. Sung Sing was interpreter. Mr. May again questioned me as on the previous day.
On the third day, 17th July, I was taken out again before Mr. May. He said, "There is no one present, you speak in a low tone and tell me about Corcoran affair." I replied, “I know nothing about it." I then said, “Your lionour, give me permission to send to my house for something to eat, I have not eaten anything for several days." He replied, “I will not give you permission," and in English "I don't care if you die." I asked also permission to be allowed to see my wife, and he refused.
In the afternoon I was taken out again before Mr. May and Mr. Ewens, solicitor. Mr. Ewens said he was employed by my wife to inquire why I was arrested. Mr. Ewen's inter- preter, Sin Tak-fan, said "If you know anything about Mr. Coreoman receiving bribes, spcak out and the Governor may let you off, if not, you will be banished." I said to Mr. Eweus "Then banish mo soon, for I have nothing but prison fare to eat here. I have not caten anything for days."
I was detained in Gaol six days, 15th to 21st July, and during that time was shown no buishment order. On the 21st July I was banished. I afterwards went to reside at Shan Shui Po in Chinese territory on the borders of British Kowloon. On or about the 10th of August, Mr. May visited me there. He said "You know about Mr. Corcoran receiving
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