CO129-226 - Acting Governor Marsh - 1886 [4-5] — Page 104

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" crime himself will always be able

" to relate the farts of the " confiriciation be only on.

case, and if the on the truth of

"that history without identifying the "persons, that is really

"

at all.

uo corroboration

As to intimidation I think that

the expression of opinion of the

committing etta

Atagistrate that intimidation has been used to secure evidence is

bome out by the statements of the two witnesses to which I beg tarefer the Governor.

To evidence obtained.

by these

meaus little weight should, I eubmit,

To the deposition of Siong Ho

necessary,

Sat Yip I don't think it nee again to refer except that it would.

tend to prove that the accused is known

in his village

as a salt bader or salt

houver

wear

often.

snuggler that he has witness and that he is to be seen

The next witness called was -

Sam Kine Pin fruely a hawker

now a soldier. Ite said be knew chefoud

dant when he (withers) was

a

hanker and he knows where he lives; and he gives

an accoucet

to arrest

the

of his

1

brying village in

July

accused in

1885. He state that

a Mandarin was sent with 500 men to arrest the accused and that the

accund Managed

I to get away from

them.

It is

this story.

very difficult to believe but if it be truse it would

prove that the reaused was to be

fore

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