CO129-236 - Others - 1887 — Page 97

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Copies Declarations forwarded in letting y from Demmys Mossos dated the 2nd May 187

DECLARATIONS.

In the Police Court of Hongkong-In the matte: of an application for the rendition of Ching Sam, U Ashap and Tsang Achun, unde Ordinance No. 2 of 1850.

I, Ho Fook, of Victoria, in the Colony ol Hongkong, interpreter to Messieurs Dennys and Mossop, solicitors, do hereby solemnly and sincerely declare and say :-

1. On the 9th day of March, 18 7. I interpreted. in the Chinese language the declarations now! shown to me and marked A, B, C, D, E and F to the respective declarants therein named, and duly declared them before James Billington! Coughtrie, Esq, one of Her Majesty's Justices cf the Peace for and in the Colony of Hongkong.

2. On the 11th day of March, 1887, 1 inter- preted in the Chinese language the declaration; now shown to me marked G to the declarant therein named, and duly declared him before the said James Billington Coughtsic, Esq.

3. On the 31st day of March, 1887, I interpreted the declaration now shown to me and marked H to the declarant therein named, and duly declared her before the said James Billington Coughtrie, Esq.

And I make this solemn declaration conscien- tiously believing the same to be true and by virtue of the provisions of an act made and passed in the sixth year of the reign of his late Majesty King William the Fourth, entitled An act to repeal an act of the present session of Parliament entit ed an act for the more effectual abolition of oaths and affirmations taken and made in various departments of the State and to substitute declar tions in lieu thereof and for the more emire suppression of voluntary and extra- judicial oaths and affidavits and to make other provision for the abolition of unnecessary paths."

(Sd) HO FOOK. Declared by the said Ho Fook at Victoria. Hong- kong, this and day of May one thousand eight hundred and eighty-s ven. Before me,

(Sd.) J. B. COUGHTRIE,

J. P.

A.

I, Luk Kai Ming, of Victoria, in the Island of Hongkong, Accountant, do hereby solemnly and sincerely declare and say as follows:-

1. I reside upon the top floor of No. 61 Easi Street, Victoria aforesaid, and rent the whole of that floor from the landlord, Kwok Ying.

2. I am acquainted with the priso er who is charged in this case under the name of Tsang Achun.

3. I first knew him on the 3rd October 1884. when he came to rent a room from me on the said top floor of No. 61 East Street.

4. The said prisoner then informed me that his name was Leung Afu, and I have since always known him by that name and no other.

5. In July 1886 I was acting as assistant supercargo on board the steamship Iduna, and since that date I have been constantly residing on the said top floor of No. 61 East Street, and du ing the day have been occupied in keeping the accounts of a coolie house in Kwong Yuen Street West,

6. The said Leung Afu suffers from rheumatism in his legs, and in the gth moon, that is from the 28th September to the 26th October last year, he was so ill as to be confined to his bed and he could not walk without very great pain and difficulty,

7. The said Leung Alu slept in the said house every night during the said 9th moon, and had he been absent I must have known of it, as I always talked to him of an evening after returning from my said work.

And I make this solemn declaration, etc.

B.

(Signed)

1, Fung Sai Tsun, of Victoria, in the Island of Hongkong, doctor, do hereby solemnly an' sincerely declare and say as follows --

1. I am a doctor of medicine residing in Hongkong, where I have been practising m profession for over 19 years.

2. For the last seventeen years I have residing at No. 10 Kwong Yuen Street W. Victoria aforesaid.

3. 1 have seen the man who is at present delained in the Victoria Gaol and who is being tried before the magistrate for burglary and murder in Chinese Territory under the name of Tsang Chun.

4. I first saw the said prisoner c. the 13th day of August, 1886, when I was requested to visit him at his residence at No. 61 East Street, Victoria aforesaid.

5. I was then informed that the prisoner was named Leung Afu, and that is the name by which I have always known him and until he was arrested in this case I had never heard nin called by any other name.

6. The said Leung Afu was then suffering from a severe attack of rheumatism in his legs, his left leg being worse than his right.

7. I visited the said Leung Afu repeatedly between the said 13th day of August and the 26th day of October 1886 and prescribed medicine for him.

8. I visited the said Leung Afu at his residence No, G1 East Street on the 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, and 13th days of October, and during those days he was unable to walk except with difficulty and with great pain.

9. The said Leung Afu has partially recovered from his said illness, but be is still suffering from rheumatism and both his legs are shrivelled,

And I make this solemn declaration etc.

C.

(Signed)

I, Im Ahi, of Victoria, in the Island of Hong- kong, widow, do hereby solemnly and sincerely declare and say as follows:---

1. I am a bairdresser, and since the 2nd moon of last year have been uninterruptedly living at No. 61 East Street, Victoria aforesaid.

2. I am well acquainted with the prisoner who is charged in this case under the name of Tsang Achun.

3. The said prisoner has always been known to me by the name of Leung Afu, and until he was arrested in this case, I never heard him called by any other name.

4. The said Leung Afu has occupied the front room on the said top floor of No. 61 East Street er since I have resided there up to the time of his arrest.

5. The said Leong Afu suffers from rheumatism in his legs, and during the 9th moon of last year he was so ill that he was confined to his bed and unable to walk, except with very great pain and difficulty.

. I can say positively and of my own know- ledge that during the said gth moon the said Leung Afu, whom I call 'u icle Fa, never left the Colony.

I saw the said Leung Afu every evening during the said time and had he been absent except when I was out during the day time I must have known it, as ny room is next to his in the said house.

And I make this solemn declaration &c.

IM A HI (Her x mark.)

D.

1, Cheung Asz, of Victoria in the Island of Hongkong. do hereby solemnly and sincerely declare and say as follows:-

1. I am a seamstress and am also the manager

of a money loan association.

2. I am acquainted with the prisoner charged

in this case as Tsang Achun,

3. The said prisoner is known to me under the name of Leung Afu, and I am intimately ac- quainted with the woman who lives with him as his mistress, known as Wong Ho.

4 The said Wong Ulo is a subscriber to the money loan association of which I am the manager.

5. The subscriptions ate payable monthly on the 4th day of each Chinese moon.

6. On the 14th day of the 9th moon last year, about 12 o'clock noon, I went to see the said Wong Ho at No. 61 East Street in order to obtain her monthly subscription.

7. I then saw the above-named Leung Afu lying upon his bed, and he informed me that he was ill and unable to get up.

And I make this solemn declaration etc.

CHEUNG ASZ. (Her x mark.)

G