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1. Neither Morgan, nor Green, nor Larkins, nor Pereira,
Baw anyone running ahead of the prisoner. The Bane
remark applies to Harrison and Mrs. Evans, who were not
called. Morgan, Green, Larkins, and Pereira, all had
different views of the chase, Morgan from behind, Pereira
from in front, Larkins from above, and Green across the
line of running, and it is incredible that not one of them
should have noticed any of the 6 or 7 men who were said
by the defence to have been running ahead of the prisoner.
Hongkong streets are far less crowded than London
sheets.
2. The story put to the Crown witnesses in cross examin-
ation about the chuse in that part of Wardley Street which
runs from DeVoeux Read to queen's Road was that three
De voeux
men ran ahead of the prisoner and turned up the steps tc-
and the defense
was to opened. wards the City Hall, This story was also told by Fun
Chi, who was in effect a witness for the defence. The
prisoner, however, said that the three men who were run-
ning ahead of him in that part of Wardley Street ran right
up queen's Road, and there turned, une to the Bust and two
o the west. These three wings imaginary men were recovery to the defense i mren te explace why the ferrioner ran of wordley Chim to Queens Road
3. We were very fortunate in having three Europear, and
one Portuguese witness to the chase, and the three lurc-
peane, Horgan, Green and Larkine,
with great care and fairness.
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gave their evidence
Naturally, euch saw, at
any given moment, only what his attention was fastened on.
4. The prisoner's counsel said that one of his main
points was that the revolver must have been thrown into
the Bank garden from Deevoeux Road, the object being to