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Mr.Shenten. Hay it please Your orship: Gentlemeu of the Jury:
On this inquiry, as I int'ermed you at the commencement, I am
instructed to represent the interests of the Pollos who are
comoarned in this matter. But I want to say at the extast that
it is not my desire or wish to represent any partisan view in
this inquiry. The people whom I represent are officers of the
Government whose duty it is to protect the peace of this Colony.
That spoolel duty is thrown on them and, therefore, any in uiry into the conduct at these people should, I think,be dealt with by me
as impertially so I can doel with it, leaving out, as far as I can,
any questions er argumonte which may be of a wholly partisan spirit.
The inquiry is into the death of a Chinese named Tam "hui à Piu,
îne Lirat question I de not think will cause much difficulty.
Evidently the onusu ef nis death was a bullet wound, and we do not
hara te taže sur deduotiens very much farther to come to the
conclusion that the bullet was from one of the rifles of the soldiers
fired under the sraors of Mr.King. Then,however,t vcry much more
Darieda question arises. ...as the death of Tam Shui Piu da, to
manslaughter or justifiable homicide. That is the main issue of
tai■ inquiry. There is a færther point. I de not think we have to
stretch our imaginations vory fur to satisfy curselves that Tom
Shui Fin was part of that assembly on the Taiye Road on the 3rd of
Maron, Having satislick ourselves that Tam Shai Fiu was a mombor of
that assembly two vistas open, las he an dunecent participater er
en active participuter? As far as the law is gonorrned it does not
matter whether he was up innocent er an active participater,because
the rosulte,sa far as legal principles are concerned are the come,
If you fan part of an assembly which turng cat, ultimately, on tha
omsidered legal authorities,to be an illegal #ssonbly, though you
are an imecent participuter you are,nevertheless, co-party with
that unlawful assembly. Therefera, enɑ of the main questions we have
te consider is "Had this assembly which was fired on on the Taipe
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