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I pass on to the second part of the evidence of the Crown; that
ia the evidence of desire and deliberate intention on the part
of the accused to get George Fung killed.
This second division of the evidence is based mainly on
what I cannot describe otherwise than as tainted evidence, the
evidence of two Eurasiane who admit they encouraged up to a point
the accused in his foul design, though not with the intention of
accomplishing Fung's death, but by some means getting hold of
the money the accused was willing to pay if that death came about.
The first of these Eurasians, Edward Zimmern, a member
the black sheep I fear
teep I fear - of a well-known and respected Hong Kong
family, obtained the acquaintance of the accused on the 5th March
at the first extra race meeting on that day. He was subsequently
engaged by the accused as his follower or body guard. He already
knew Tung but did not know of the Lai affair. The will tell you he
first heard of this when in a car with the accused some day or two
after the 5th March. On another occasion, he will tell you, that
when also in the car with the accused, the accused told him the who]
circumstances of the girl leaving him for Fung and that she was
then a virgin.
21-mern met the accused by arrangement at the South
China Athletic Association in Queen's Road Central and accompanied
him to restaurants at West Point. One night, about the 17th March,
on leaving West Point the accused a peared very nervous and worried
and excited. Accused told him, "I want to do for Fung. Can you
get me a knife so I can go to the than Hotel and have it ut
with him?" Zimmern tried to pacify hia and get håa hone.
A day or so later - a date which he now fixes as the
19th March when on the way to West Point in the car with the
accused, Zimmern will tell you fu ther thatthey had another
conversation when the accused told hia that on the night previous
he had been over to the Nathan Hotel and had got the couple out of
their room by means of a faked telephone message, and had warned
them