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THE CHINA MAIL, JUNE 25, 1940
CROSS-EXAMINATION
IN CONCUBINE MURDER TRIAL
THE SUPREME COURT was again crowded this morning when the Concubine Murder Case was continued be- fore the Chief Justice, Sir Atholl MacGregor.
The accused, Kwan Lai-chun, tin fong wife of Chui Chuk, is charged with the murder of her husband's concubine, Lam Lin-kwai.
Accused Kwan Lai-chun, was to- day subjected to a close cross-ex- amination by Mr. J. P. Murphy which occupied the whole of the morning's hearing.
In answer to Mr. Murphy, accused said she killed Lam since Lam had used it used the chopper and she
back. At the beginning of the at- tack she had a clear head but as the fight went on her head was not so clear.
Do you say you killed Lam in order to defend yourself?-Yes.
You mean that you were afraid that she would kill you?—Yes.
Who killed Au Sze?-The concubine. Did she kill Au Sze by accident or on purpose?-I do not know, I can- not read her thoughts.
When she
tried to cut me, Au Sze intervened and she got cut.
Who killed Chui the concubine.
Yick-wah:-Also
"Your case is that Lam killed her own son purposely?-When she was chopping the boy, she thought it was
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Referring to the night of the fight. Did you see the actual blows de-She had returned from the kitchen a second time when the concubine rose livered on Au Sze?-Yes
She had passed the from the bed.
the bed and turning round noticed chopper. She screamed and Au Sze Au Sze shielded her and got up.
Lam was chopping at ran- got cut. dom. Au Sze fell to the ground face Continuing, accused said she was downwards. While the struggle was on she fell on the bed and this on good terms with Au Sze and the
He was squat- same applied to the daughter-in-law. awakened the child. She did not know if Chui Pak-kam ting on the bed. There was a small (her husband's clansman) had reason space between her and the son and to be against her nor if the watch-Lam started chopping. The boy hap- man had any grudge against her.
me.
Teahouse Conversation
At the teahouse when she was with Chui Pak-kam and her husband, he told her that since they were quar- to relling it would be better to go the S.C.A. She asked him if it was so serious as to go to the S.C.A. and refused one he replied that if she must die. This was a threat to her at the Chui Pak-kam was sitting
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pened to be in the way. Lam started to chop her and she took the chopper from her. She chopped at Lam who ran to the stairs.
... She denied that the watchman saw her with the chopper In hor hand. She had thrown the chop- per away. She denied that she said to the watchman: "I have chopped to people to death, I am prepared die."
She denied that she had taken her revenge and had killed all three per- sons deliberately and in cold blood.
The case is proceeding.
Mr. J. P. Murphy, assistant crown counsel, assisted by Inspector Whant, is for the prosecution while accused is represented by Mr. D. J. N. Any derson, instructed by Mr. P. Wynter Blyth
The jury is composed of Messrs. M. A. Carvalho (foreman), Lau Tong, J. A. Remedios, K. E. M. Caudron, Shek Hassan, Lui Tan and Chan Sui- nam.
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