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xxd. Macnamara.
Cut might have been caused by instrument like Exb.K.
LO TING KIU. dd. xd. Murphy
Widow of hau Shek Po who was killed on 22nd March. He was 48 years of age. He lived at Yung Shu An. My husband went to sea until 4 years ago when he began farming. Accused is my husband's elder brother. He lived in the same house with us. My husband & I had left hand part as you faced house, and accused lived in right hand part & centre was a common kitchen. I slept in kitchen behind a tall cupboard. On day of my husband's death I came home for a meal at 9 a.m. My husband, accused & my son & my two orphan nephews were in the house. Accused was in his own quarters. I heard his voice coming from his quarters. My husband was in his part of the house. He came into the kitchen & sat down on the stone step beside the boilers. Accused's wife was also there sitting beside the bollers. I was cooking puddings. About 1 p.m. I had finished cooking. I put the puddings down beside my bed. I had given my husband 40g that moming to buy pork for a festival & to worship his dead mother's tomb. I told him there was no need to worship till 100 days after death. My husband said if he had known that he would not have bought pork. Accused then called out "who asked you to buy pork?". Why be so offensive?". My husband replied "If I didn't buy pork who would buy it?". I saw my husband during that conversation. I saw nothing in his hands. I then heard my son call out "Uncle has got a chopper". I ran out & saw my husband standing beside the boilers. His face was covered with blood. Accused also was in the kitchen. They were still struggling. I then saw accused, who had a chopper in his hand, raise it & strike my husband on the head three times.I tried to separate them & take chopper from accused's hand. The fight stopped & accused went to his own house. My husband went to his house. During the fight they both went into accused's house. I pushed accused into his ¤Яxk cubicle. At no time did I see anything in my husband's hands. Neighbours came to our house & attended to my husband. I got a deck chair & my husband lay down in it. I then went to Saikung to report to police. It took me 2-3 hours to walk there. I reported & four Indian Police came back with me. When we got back to my house my husband was lying in the kitchen on a grass bed in front of boilers. He was still alive. When he saw the police he called "Indians, save life". He died very shortly afterwards. I never heard any quarrel between my husband & accused. I identified body at Mortuary. xxd. Macnamara.
I went to 3a ikung & reported to Interpreter. I told him my husband & his brother had a fight. I told him his brother had cut my husband with a chopper. Constables brought no medical supplies to stop bleeding. I told interpreter wounds very serious & a doctor must be sent for. Accused cut his own hand when I was separating them. If accused says my husband had a knife & attacked him that is untrue. I know accused cross- examined my son on that point. I did not see what treatment neighbours applied to the wounds. When I first saw them they were struggling. I did not see the beginning of the ght. I saw accused strike my husband on the head three times. HAU YUNG HING. dd. xd. Murphy
My age is 13: son of deceased. On the day my father died, after morning meal I went out to play with younger brother. After playing for two hours or so I went into the kitchen to get some pudding. I got some & ate it standing by the boiler. My mother & my father were both in the kitchen. I was eating my pudding when I saw accused in his own house reach up to the cockloft & get a chopper. He said "I picked this knife up cut you to death".
My father was then sitting down beside the boilers. He had nothing in his hands.