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In the forenoon of the 15th I was taken to the office. were there with Sung Sing as interpreter. Mr. May said,
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"I do not wish to trouble you, but there is evidence against you ou this paper." He produced a paper which he did not permit me to read. He said, "If you will tell me about Inspector Stanton, Inspector Hennessy, and Inspector Baker, I will get your banishment cancelled and reinstate you.” I replied "I know nothing about gambling money. Who has handed the money to me?" Mr. May then went into another room, and in about three minutes brought out Sham In, Sham In said, "You confess, your name is there." Mr. Dennys said, "Is that Yeung Fat?" He said, "He (referring to me) Sham In said, "Yes." Mr. Dennys told him to speak out. went to 3, East Street every five days to receive from me $1.00 a day for Inspector Hennessy." Mr. Dennys said, "There he fixes you." I replied, "He is an enemy of mine."
Mr. Dennys said "What enemy." I said "I had a quarrel with him in the fifth month of last year." Sham In said he (Sham In) went home at that time, because his father died on the 9th day of the 5th month. I was then sent back to the cell. In the afternoon, I was taken out to see Mr. Ewens, the solicitor, and Sin Tak-fan. They told me the Governor was going to banish me. I was sent away to Cantou the following day, the 16th July. The banishment order was shown to me for the first time in the charge room on the afternoon of the day I was banished. On each occasion I was before Mr. May and Mr. Dennys, my statements denying all knowledge of this bribery by gamblers was taken down by Mr. Dennys. I still deny all knowledge of the matter.
On the 14th day of the 7th Chinese mouth (11th August, 1897) P.C. 143 Au Hing visited me in Macao. He told me Mr. May and Mr. Francis had sent him to look for me to go to Hongkong to explain to them about Inspector Stanton, Inspector Baker, and others, and then I would be allowed to reside in Hongkong and be reinstated in the Police. He said, "If you go, Inspector Stanton will be dismissed, and if you do not ga, he will be dismissed, but if you go and give evidence against him, he will not be able to say auything; his mouth will be closed. If you think it will not look well to give evidence against him, you need not go before any Court; you can write and say when you will go to Hongkong and some one will meet you on the steamer and take you to Mr. Francis' He told me he had been banished, but his office, where he will take down your statement." wife paid over $100 to Mr. Francis, the barrister, to speak for him to Mr. May and get the He further said "If you do not wish to go to order cancelled, but he was not yet reinstated. Hongkong write down a statement for me to take to Mr. May and Mr. Francis." I said "I know nothing about the matter and I have already said so in gaol." The next day I went to Canton and the day after that P. C. 143, Au Hing came to me here in Canton with a similar request to what he had made in Macao, but I had nothing to tell him or to write, and he left,
Declared by the above named Yeung Fat in my presence.
[L.S.]
E. H. FRASER,
VICE-CONSUL.
(Sd.)
楊發
(YEUNG FAT)
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the first floor and locked up. I was not told why I was locked up. At 7 or 8 taken to the office of Mr. May, the Superintendent of Gaol. Mr. May, Mr. Dennys and Sung Sing, an interpreter, were there. Mr. Dennys asked me about my police service. He after- wards produced a paper and said Sham In states that if he wanted to open a gambling house he got permission from you, and paid you $3.00 a day, and if you said he must not open it it was not opened. I told him that was false. He said "You have been so long a detective sergeant, did you not know there was gambling in Wa Lane?" I replied "If I knew, I should have informed Inspector Stanton. I have reported street gambling to him and he has sent me with coustables to arrest them." He said "Gambling has been going on there for years, and you say you do not know it." He mentioned the names of three persons and asked if I knew them. I replied I did not. He then mentioned the name of Tse Leung and I told him I knew him. He asked why I knew him. I replied "His father was an informer to Inspector Perry and also had a gambling house in 66, Market Street. I informed Inspector Perry and he arrested Tse Leung's father, Tee Lik, and a number of others. I knew Tse Leung, who was a youth then, and I was informed he threatened to have revenge, no matter how long he had to wait. Mr. May asked if I knew Sham In. I told him no, but that I met him on a Canton steamer at the time of the Worshipping of Tombs this year, where we got into converen- tion about some luggage, my wife, whom I had gone to see off, was taking with her. Mr. May asked where I lived. I told him at 43, East Street. He said "Do you know that 3, East Street is Sham In's outside establishment." I replied "No." He asked if I had ever been there for bribe money. I replied "No, I have never been in the house." He asked if I know Ah Tin. I said “What Ah Tin? If you mean Ah Ting I know him. He is my nephew; What about him?" He said " Where is he?" I replied "He is 14 or 15 years of age and is an apprentice to an engineer." He then said "Speak out and tell me what foreigners and Inspectors you collect money from gambling houses for ?" I replied "I have never collected any." He said "I will call Sham Ia to give evidence against you." I said "Call him out." He did not call him. He walked out to the stairs and returned and said, "You speak out and tell me whom you collected for and I can get the Governor to let you off and you will retain your position as Sergeant. I will look after you." I replied "If I received bribes, I need not remain so long in the Police. I should have plenty of money." He said "Yes, you want to save more, You must have received the money or Sham In could not say so: You must have paid it to the foreigners." I said "I have done no such thing and I was never in Sham In's house." The interpreter Sung Sing said "If: you did so, confess." I was then locked
up.
What I said at that interview was written down by Mr. Dennys. That was the only time I was taken out.
On the 14th Mr. May came to my cell and said "Your wife has engaged a lawyer. Do you wish to see him "" I said "Yes, I have been detained here two days and my wife does not know why, she therefore has engaged a lawyer." He replied "All right, see him to- morrow." The next day, 15th July, I saw Mr. Ewens in presence of Mr. Dennys and the following day I was banished.
Declared by the above named Tang Chung before me.
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On the 27th day of September 1897 appeared before me Tang Chung, who, after the following statement had been interpreted to him, declared that the contents were true,
TANG CHUNG states:-I am an ex-detective sergeant of the Hongkong Police Force. My number was 190. I served in that force twenty-five years and two months and was Sergeant over eleven years.
On the 12th July, 1897, I and P. C. 319 Yeung Fat, by order of Inspector Stanton, attended at the Captain Superintendent's office about 4.30 p.m. The Captain Superintendent, Mr. May, took us into the Gaol, of which he was Acting Superintendent, where we were searched by a warder who stripped us of all our clothing except our trousers. I was then taken to a cell on
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E. H. FRASER,
VICE-CONSUL,
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(Sd.) 忠鄧 (TANG CHUNG)
On the 27th day of September, 1897, appeared before me O Mi-cheung who, after the following statement had been interpreted to him, declared upon his oath that the contents
were true.
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