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left the Colony, apparently
he took fright
because he took
at having implicated certain Chinese Police
who are still serving, and I cannot induce him to return to declare his statement.
The delay in submitting
this memorandum has been principally caused by my waiting for Wat
Wo to return.
It is worth noting that in 1893, I prosecuted Wong Kam for attempting to bribe Sergeant No.3 McIver (whose number was on the Wa Lane List) in connection with opium smuggling. McIver was then an honest man and
apparently refused the bribe and reported the matter. Wong Kam
was not convicted.
Quincey is quite mistaken in thinking that enquiries had been made for Wong You without success. On told me that he could produce the man if required, and now that his existence has been called in question he has produced him, and there is a Declaration by Wong You. I
9th March 1894.
Declaration by Wong You - 22 March 1899
a declaration made by Wong You,
and also one by Ho Jung-si, the partner of the Lin Yuen Opium shop with which Wong You says he dealt.
To the latter declaration is attached an extract from house-holders register shewing that Ho Jung-si is one of the registered house-holders
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