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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 Laue ?" I replied "If I knew, I should have informed Inspector Stanton. I have reported street gambling to him and he has sent me with constables 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 know 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, The 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 conversa- 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, Enst
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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 knew 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 In 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 te!! 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.
[LS.]
E. H. TRASER,
VICE-CONSUL.
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On the 27th day of September, 1897, appeared before me Yeung fat who, after the follow- ing statement had been interpreted to him, declared that the contents were true.
YEUNG FAT states:-I am ex-detective P. C. 319 of the Hongkong Police Force,
At 4.30 p.m. on the 12th July last, I was sent by Inspector Stanton to sec Captain Super- intendent May. I went to his office with ex-detective Sergeant 190, Tang Chung. The Captain Superintendent beckoned us to follow him. We both followed him into gaol where we were stripped of all our clothing except our trousers and searched by a warder. We then put on our clothing and I was taken to a dark cell on the ground floor, and locked up. Up
all then nothing was said as to why or for what purpose I was thus treated. I asked the warder who locked me up, for what oflence I was locked up. He answered "I do not know; it is the business of the Superintendent of the Gaol, Mr. May. He told me to lock you up." I said "If I had committed any offence, I should be placed on the charge sheet or there should be a warrant shown to me and explained." He replied "I do not know; it is Mr. May's orders." I said "I have been a policeman ten years and arrested numerous persons, but never saw anything like this before." The cell I was put in was about 7 feet by a little over 4 feet. It was dark, the only light was what came through a window about 17 inches by 7 inches. The cell was swarming with bugs. I told the warder I had not had any dinner and he said there was none for me. I had been on duty at the Bank that day and had had nothing to eat after 8.30 am.
At 11 p.m., still having had nothing to eat, I was taken out by the receiving officer who took me up into the Gaol Superintendent's Office where I saw Mr. May, Mr. Dennys, and an Mr. May and Mr. interpreter named Sung Sing. I asked for what offence I was locked up. Dennys both laughed and said "Don't you know? It is because of that gambling matter." I said "I do not know about the gambling." Mr. May said "The Governor has issued an order to banish you, because you have collected money from gambling houses for Inspector
I replied "I have not collected
any such Stanton, Inspector Baker and Inspector Hennessy." money." Mr. Dennys said "If you do not acknowledge it your name is down as an inter- meliary in the matter." Mr. Dennys then asked my name, age, how long I had beeu a Jukang, my native place and what family I have. IIc also asked whose orders I was under and I told him Inspector Stanton's and Inspector Quincey's. He asked if I knew Wa Lane. I said "I have often I told him I did. He said "Did you know there was gambling there." seen Inspectors arresting gamblers there." He asked if I knew Cheung Hing Street. I told He said "The him I did. He asked if I knew there was gambling there, and I told him no. houses have been opened two or three years and you do not know it. Have you never heard there was gambling there?" I replied "Yes, I have often heard of the houses being broken by Folice, but do not know which houses. I am in charge of No. 6 section, and these houses
I was then sent back to the same cell. are not ou my section. They are in No. 7 section."
At 2 p.m. on the 14th, two days after my arrest, I was again taken to the Gaol Superin- tendent's office where I saw Mr. May, Mr. Dennys, Mr. Brewin, and the solicitor Mr. Ewens' clerk Siu Tak-fan. Mr. Siu Tak-fau said to me “Now your friends have employed Mr. Ewens If you do not to attend to your case; if you know about that affair then speak out, and say so.
I replied "I do not know." He know, do not say you do, no one can compel you to speak." said "The Governor has issued an order to banish you for five years." I said "I have pro- perty here to look after and there will be no one to look after it," Mr. Dennys told me I could hand over that to a lawyer to attend to.
Mr. May and Sin Tak-fan then went downstairs together and in ten minutes returned. Then I was taken downstairs with Sin Tak-fan and into a room, the chief warder stan ling by. Sin Tak-fan said "Mr. May told me to tell you that if you will tell him all and give evidence, what Inspectors receive gambling money, he will not banish you, but will reinstate you in your position and you will be able to look after your business yourself. He does not care about your mentioning anything about the Chinese. He looks on them as sesamum seeds and green beans (that is, of no importance), he wishes you to tell him about the English and the Inspectors." I replied "I know nothing about it and cannot give evidence against any one." Sin Tak-fan then took me back up into the office and I said, "If I am to be banished, banish me soon, for I am sick now." Sin Tak-fan inter- preted that to Mr. May and Mr. Dennys. I was then taken back to the dark cell. Soon after I was removed to a big light cell on the first floor. The same evening, 14th July at 7 or 8 p.m.. I was taken to the office before Mr. May and Mr. Deanys. Sung Sing was there as interpreter. Mr. May said "Although there is an order to banish you the Governor can cancel it, and instead of banishing you, you can be sent before the Supreme Court, where your own evidence may be used against you and you may be sentenced
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