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You have, however, one admitted fact, and one
high probability in addition.
The admitted fact is
that the accused has lost Lai Ming Fai whom he had been
supporting for years, owing to the happenings of 21st
and 22nd February, and she had gone to live with George
Fung. That is the fact.
The probability iss that anybody in the accused's
position on that happening must feel resentment against
the man who had taken the girl away. But resentment,
even anger, is a very different thing from murderous
hate, and is still further removed from active steps
with a view to murder, so that, in my opinion, even
adding that fact and that probability to the evidence of
Chui, there would still, I think, not be enough on which
to find the accused guilty.
evidence.
Now, one passes over to the Zimmern and Christie
That, of course, is intended to prove two
things: first, the existence of murderous hate in the
mind of the accused, and secondly, that he took active
steps towards the murder of Fung through other channel☐
than those by which Fung was ultimately murdered.
again.
Now, I do not intend to analyse that evidence
It has been done very fully and very powerfully
by leading counsel for the defence, but I do ask you to
bear in mind the points which he has made, and I would
add this further point, that before you can find, before
you are satisfied beyond reasonable doubt, that this
evidence of Zimmern and Christie tells against the
accused, you gust, I think, be prepared to find that the
definite statements and conversations which the accused
★ is alleged to have made were in fact made by him.
It is not mough, of course, that you should acquire
from the evidence of Zimmern and Christie a confused