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36.

2nd Witness for. Witness for Defence. Fofense.

12 Lithenburg the phenter for Sathambery thiffbunker.

fight. Alow told me this on the 24 hrs 35th of June. He told me that he had fought with thaong; foot, but said nothing about

ded or killed. Wonginuishe

auch

0700

being

lived at Atow's house, from about the 17

Save, until the

eva d

Police, is

dis Atow's

seized.

-Louse. (Lai Nkow, Private of Chine ces

brought into fourt, and ques tioned, on outh, as to where he found

as

ر

Wong :neisha . He states, that he sized

hes in a small boat at Phai-wan, about the 2924.

July,

and that

λ..0

with hes in the bout when be seized her.).. F : - The above two elders of thai-

دیگر

have given

their evidence in a

vasicating way

S

was

very pre-

at first found

impossible to gain any information ~ whatever from the first mans, as he denied all knowledge of the witnesses for the Proscaction, o of the matter in is question . The latter Britness, also gave his evidence

most

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mock unwillingly. After the widmen of the Chinese Folienman had been taken and he

the bearing of t

his statement as to

daw

the

cohabitation of Mongincisher with Lo Alow, Lo wished to retract this part of his evi-

douce, but on

being

threatened with

punishment, if it was discovered that he gaves a false statement, he agains confione

red ite

to mistakes could possibly have caurved, as to this statement of theschatin :tation of Hongincishe with Alow, as the question was put to witness at threen different times, and in three different forms, before the widence of the Chiner

Policeman

was batters.

The base is adjourned for further evidence for the Defence ––

Wednesday.