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and I noticed two skin deep wounds on

was

his head - On

hiur what was my asking. the matter he said that his wife

running away

and that they had had fight.

I visited

The following morning Shek Ko, about six miles from Shaukiwan,

and obtained the Hey of the house

belonging to the

woman,

Chun amui,

living with

from her little boy who was a relative near the village. I unlocked the door and made a diligent search of the premises but I found no sickle or tool of any kind, had there been

I should have seen it. I afterwards

any

locked

up the house myself and handed the Key to the Police in charge of Shekko.

From thence I visited the place of the

grass in

outrage and searched all the the neighbourhood but could find trace of any weapon or tool.

During the investigation before the ___

again at the Magistracy

Coroner and

I heard the Prisoner state that one

women had

head with

of

first

struck him

the

on

a

grass

sickle at the same

has

time shewing the two wounds on his head and which he alleged been made by the sickle.

(signed) John Calder Swanston,

Supreme Court House,

24th July, 1878.

Inspector.

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