Chan Tat Hing, called:-
The answer to the second charge is: (Quotes).
Q. Your name is Chan Tat Hing ?
A. Yes.
Q. And you are master of the Ting Heung tea house, Bonham Strand East ?
A. I am.
Q. Do you keep books ?
A. Yes.
Q. Is that (indicating) a book of your firm ?
A. Yes, it is.
Q. Is that a regular account book ?
A. Yes.
Q. And are entries regularly put into it, in the course of business ?
A. Yes.
Q. Would you please turn to the 16th April 1905, 3rd moon, 12th day.
A. "Paid for buying foreign ham, money 3 taels 9 mace, candarins".
Q. And were you in the shop on that day ?
A. I was.
Q. Who called ?
A. This Inspector here.
Q. This Inspector came, did he come ?
A. He came in the forenoon at 11 o'clock.
Q. Did he come with an Interpreter ?
A. He did.
Q. What did the interpreter tell you in his presence ?
A. The interpreter said, and the Inspector was present, that the Inspector told me to buy a foreign ham.
Q. And did the interpreter say that a man would call for it later ?
A. He did.