CO129-474 - Governor Sir Stubbs - 1922 [1-4] — Page 479

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How many groups did you see start before yours started? cannot say. There wore groups in front of mine,

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By what road? By the Taipo Road,

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Had you already heard that people had hen turned back the

previove day?

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When you started out when wore you expecting to meet the police

on the road? I never expected to most them,

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What happened on the way? 'hen we got as far as the European house on the top of the hill we met several Indian constables. There were sovorel. Sepoys and Indian constables, la were prevented from passing on. Eventually we were allowed to pass on.

They said "You can go".

hy did the Indians not stop you?

Was there a fight?

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NO.

Thy did they let you through?

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That I gamot toll.

I cannot tell. They told us to

wait for a moment and then let us pag.

We all pa880 and proceeded on our

het happene¬ after that? way. After we had walkod about an hour a motor or containing Sepoya overtook us. This oar passed us and then several European constables stopped us. The Indians were some 10 feet sway from us. The European constables stoppe" us and wontod as not to move on. Before they had spoken many words they raised their fire-arme. The Sepoys then opened fire upon us. Some of us were shot and felt pain and we then mãe for the hill-sião. The European constables then had us convoyet in a motor-bus to the Kwang Yah hospital for treatment. That is all I know about

this incident.

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fiad you been along that road before?

Sub-Inspector Field was called into Court and witness stated

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