CO129-276 - Governor Sir Robinson - 1897 [6-8] — Page 629

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briefly stating the nature of the evidence which he proposes to adduce. The whole case rests on

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is a bit of paper to be absolutely dis regarded. Emma Francesca Barnett, Sworn, states. I am the wife of Fur Burnett, a Sanitary Board Suspector. I am now living at to. 40 Elgin Street. I formerly lived at pr.5 Shelly Street, I left Shelly Street for Elgin 27th May last. No. 5 Shelby Street is near the junction of Stollywood Road and Shelly Street. It is four or five minutes walk from the suspector's quarters where defendant lives with his wife. I came to the Colony about five years ago as nurse to her Lethbridge's children. I left them to

her Burnett. That was on the 1st March, 1894. marry afterwards made the acquaintance of defendant and his wife. At the beginning of this year

diving at No. 5 Shelly Street and defendant was

living at this Police Compound. I was on very friendly terens defendant's wife. I was a very frequent visitor at their house. I recognise the wituers Chengten [shown to her.] Before seeing him in the witress bose the other day here, I saw him last at defendant's house on the 11th March last. It was

I was at the defendant's house; Cheng On came with some patterns of selk. He came into the poesage and knocked at the side some where. He came by the back entrance, which is in Hollywood Road. Then he came into the room. Nors Witchell got up to see who it was at the door. Theugten came in and he told hers Witchell that he had brought her some pieces of silk to "look see". He pulled some out from his breast. Then Wire Witchell said "Sit 'down, and then he asked which side master was". Here Witchell said He is up stairs; I will call him". He said "waskee "no can stop" And then he went away. He went away by the back entrance. He was in the room about tere minutes, I should think; MrsWitchell and I and (heug On were

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