(f) That your Petitioner struggled and bit witnesses who
brought him out of the tunnel and attempted to drown
himself by deliberately placing his head under water
while being carried face downwards from the tunnel.
(g) That among your Fetitioner's effects contained in a
basket found at your Petitioner's temporary abode were
certain letters which might have been written by your
Petitioner and which showed homicidal tendencies, but
that many other people had also had access to the basket
in which they were found.
(h) That your Petitioner arrived in the said Colony of
Hong Kong from Swatow on the 21st day of June 1934
with only two dollars Hong Kong currency in his
possession and was in a depressed state of mind.
(i) That the witness Kathleen Fairburn saw two only of
the children thrown into the nullah and that in her
opinion neither of the two children she saw thrown in
was Michael Fine.
(j) That the only witness of the alleged throwing of
Michael Pine into the nullah was his sister Mary Pine
who stated that she saw all four chilaren thrown in
one after the other and was then herself picked up by
your Petitioner and thrown in.
5. That your Petitioner was again tried on the said
charge set out in the said indictment before the said Chief
Justice and a Special Jury on the 3rd, 4th and 5th days of
September 1934 and such Special Jury returned a verdict of
guilty against your Petitioner upon the said charge.
6. That at the said second trial on the 3rd, 4th and
5th days of September 1934, the said Assistant Attorney General
Mr. J. A. Fraser in his opening informed the Jury that Mary Pine
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