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Well, I took the poultry from my shop and have it to him.
Where?
I sent them up to his house. The house was in High Street.
I do not remember the number.
His Excellency: Did he take it or did he send it?
A. I went with a lad.
Mr. May: Was the defendant there?
A. He was.
Q. And what took place when you went there?
A. I said to the Inspector: "I am making a small present of some poultry" and I put them down. He said: "It would do" and I went away.
Q. Did you speak in Chinese or English?
A. He said something but I could not understand what he said.
I asked you if you spoke in Chinese or English?
A. If it had been Chinese, I would have understood him.
I asked him: Did you speak in Chinese?
A. I spoke in Chinese.
Q. And he answered and you do not know what language he used?
A. Yes.
Q. And that was all about that matter was it?
A. Yes.
His Excellency: Was the boy with you all the time?
A. He went away as soon as the poultry was laid down.
Was the boy standing beside you when you gave the inspector the present?
A. No, he was not.
Why, has he gone away before?
A. As soon as we had got in and he had put them down, I told him to go back to the shop in the first place.
Had the Inspector ever asked for a present?
A. No.
Q. Did the Inspector offer to pay you for those fowls?
A. My intention was to give them to him. No.