CO129-046 - Lieut. Governor Caine & Sir Bowring - 1854 [5-19／8] — Page 239

Now

says

male Prisoner stabbed

Foreigner in the breast. Prisoner

and wife afterwards threw the body into the water; boty lead motionlen

and sunk it ruce. First prisoner then altered course

of

boat to

Shaw Kok. Boyes broken cannot.

Lay

whether contents were kept - No erou cramination,

Charles May- Magistrate on being sworn proved voluntary statement

Male prisoner after being crutioned that it might be used at the trial.

F

·Statement.

Y

First Prisoner states I took an

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American gentleman in my boat from a Thip off Aberdeen about. soclock on the 15 May. In the

15th

evening about 9 oclock when near Far trow the wind was Howing

strong

I observed the gentleman get

up from the deck near the middle of the boat where he was

asleep.

that

was

be

lying

arked me what place

I told him Har tsow he

then asked me what time I should arrive at Macas. I told him about 12 o'clock. The gentleruan then went to the side the boat

of

to make water. I saw him fall

into the water, but what caused

him to fall I do not know,