P.70.
P.71.
P.72.
176
Drawn Threadwork Co. with 4
197.
On arrival there I received
this baske t Ex.VIII. I asked a man called Ng Yik Mei for
it.
My intention was to get the deft's effects and that is
what I asked for. This was given me. It was produced from
I took it up to the police station and there
the cock-loft.
I opened it in the detective office in the presence of a.197.
The contents are now the same as when I opened it, but these
letters Ex.VII a,b, & a were also in it. I handed the se
letters to S.I. Donovan.
X X. Lim. Ng Yik Mei accompanied us to the shop from the
station. I went with him to get all the effects of the Deft.
I saw him take the basket from the cock-loft but I cannot
saw where the basket was in the cockloft. I cannot say if
anyone could have got at it or not. I saw Ng Yik Mei go up
to the cockloft. He had not to open any door.
Re-ex. Fraser. The cockloft is at the back of the shop.
Before I went I did not know what I was going to get.
sd. Wong Kan.
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sd. E.W. Hamilton, P.M.
Thomas Ross Hunter, L..4.197, sworn, ds:- I am detective
Sergt. and on 22nd June I was stationed at Central Police
Station. On 22nd June in consequence of a report I started
to make enquiries in the case of Michael Pine and as a result
on 23rd June I went to the Swatow Drawn Work shop in Pedder
St. along with last witness. I went with a man Ng Loi Hin.
He has two other names one of which is Ng Yik Mei. I saw this
basket Ex.VIII handed to the last witness. It was brought
from the cockloft of the servants quarters at the back of the
shop. Ng Yik Mei brought it. I accompanied last witness to
Central. I was present at the identification of Michael Pine
in the Hospital Mortuary at 9.30 a.m. on 23rd June I saw
Deft in the Prison Ward on 22nd June.
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X X. Lim. I did not investigate the contents of the basket