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Indian Police constables and on arrival I saw the deceased

I asked "Who fired". P.0. Wright said "I did".

William Thomas Wright (sworn), (cautioned re: incriminating

On the 2nd November about questions), P.O., H.M.S. Alacrity. 12.30 p.m. I was in the International Hotel with P.0s. Vear

and Buchanan. I and my mates were summoned by Sergeant Coo-

per to assist the police in keeping order. I and my friends joined the police and helped charge the crowd from about

an hour to an hour and a half. The crowd became too strong

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for us and we had to fall back where near the Land We Live

In. The crowd then came in on every side. Bricks and flow-

Two men had revolvers in the

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er pots were thrown at us.

crowd. They were carrying revolvers in their right hands

and a Chinese placard in the left. The revolvers were dis-

charged from the crowd. I should say about three timeв

We stood it A bullet narrowly missed my right shoulder.

for about a quater of an hour after the bullet passed my

shoulder. I heard an English voice, say "Fire". The crowd

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were then within about 10 yards of us.

in the crowd. A brick hit me on the breast. I asked an In-

He said he had dian for his carbine and blank ammunition.

none. I got two rounds of ball ammunition from him.

fired one round into the air with an elevation of between

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45 and 60

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At that angle my shot would have cleared the

houses.

I waited It was my intention to clear the houses.

then for about five minutes. The crowd came up again.

charged. The two Indians had now run away. Buchanan stood

to the rear unarmed. I fired a second round at the same

I don't elevation. Another brick struck me on the shoulder.

I was in a know if I gave back the carbine or dropped it. state of semi-unconscious, I only fired two shote.

forcements then came up.

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I went to the International Hotel.

About a quarter of an hour afterwards Vear and Buchanan came