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savage

murder was committed with very

· great premeditation - and without the

least provocation

murdered

on the part of the

Wontan.

Under a belief that the deceased

Chun

Ngam

Mui was

taking out of his

reach Chun a mi with whom he had.

formed an improper

say

I also append to my

notes the

depositions taken before the Magistrate

which were

put in evidence by the learned counsel who defended the

prisoner.

I have 4.

(signed) & Snowden,

deting Chief Justice.

connection- and

on

whom I dare

he had spent

more

money

than

vas

admitted, on the

N. B. 25 June.

morning

a

cooking

before the Coroner

Her AALI

also

put

in evidence

The statement of the prisoner made

of the murder the prisoner took

chopper,

a most deadly weapon, and set

orit to intercept them.

There is reason to think that his

intention was to murder both women,

; and that he would have succeeded

but for the vigorous resistence they made:

the learned Counsel for the prisoner. ?

by the

(signed) J. Snowden:

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