CO129-233 - Acting Governor Cameron - 1887 [6-8] — Page 187

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that he is branded in two places, He

coas

questioned

these points.

and denied that it was eo.

The Magistrate at this stage:

allowed the

of the proceedings defence to call Hoki, who had

been lately

in Gaol in

Hongkong,

and who declared he knew Leung

in the Chinese Gaol at Victoria, that Leung A You was there twice and that he

Ayan in Leung

was

a

Q-QAN

marks or characters on his face and right

arm and that his

name was

not Leung A You

but Chan Auk

The Magistrate should not have allowed this enquiry into the character and antecedents

of the witness. D. Hartigan was

examined as to the marks. He said there

slight discolouration

on

the left temple and on

the right

a mark about the size of a florin

produced by a burn or by fire

or acid

Leung A You had said he

had not marks

of burn

or scar

but marks of tattooing and the mark on

the temple was caused

by a blow

Chan Kai Ming, third clerk

at the Magistracy

said

I am

the third clerk in the Magistracy.

I can swear

the tattoo marks on the arm

are

the character "To." It means "Theft"

is sometimes accompanied with the word "Sit" and then means

"Robbery"

To Mr. Caldwell "So eit" would

be more correct than "Sit". For I heard the word "Sit" used

before "To." I know the word

"Yik." It is impossible that the

word can be

looked

again,

"Yik." I have

I am able to

Lay