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A. Near the side of the desk.
Q. You were inside the room?
A. Inside the office.
Mr Guterres: He was not.
2. Was your friend inside the office?
A. No. He was outside on the verandah.
Ng Ying Sing called.
Examined by Mr Sercombe Smith.
Q. Is your name Ng Ying Sing?
A. Yes.
Q. Are you the licensee of the Kwong On boarding house, Jubilee Street?
A. Yes.
Q. How old are you?
A. 32.
Q. Have you been the licensee of the boarding house for three or four years?
A. Yes.
Q. Is it your business to get cooks, stewards, and servants for foreign vessels?
A. Yes.
Q. Do you attend at the Sailors' Home when men engaged from your boarding house are paid off?
A. People from my boarding house, yes.
Q. Do you know a man called Chok Fu?
A. Yes.
Q. Did you recommend him to the Cranley as master's boy?
A. Yes.
Q. Does he owe you $35 for food and lodgings before he joined the Cranley?
A. Yes.
Q. Do you know this gentleman by sight?
A. Yes.
Q. Will you tell us who he is?