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lasted until the prisoner had crossed Des Voeux Road.

pointed out at once that the three positions were not

simultaneous and Mr. Jenkin did not ask the witness if

they were. It seems cbvious that they were not. Again

the prisoner's own witness, Ii cix Yuen (called in the

- Li Shek Yeungt, aid that Morgan was only 30

(His marthing of the

or 40 feet behind the prisoner.

planshoes threm que fear apart).

6.

A third main point of the defence was that organ

erroneously placed Green at the railings on the east side

of Wardley Street near queen's Road. Adictedly Mor-

gen was vague about the persone standing at the top of

Wardley Street, but his attention was naturally directed

to the prisoner, who was cut-distancing him. He was

very guarded in his answer about where he first saw Green,

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Paying, "Ansuing he is the man who walked across with

bie hande like this (then) I first saw Mr. Green on that

morning a few feet from the railing.

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The prisoner displayed a remarkable knowledge of

Hongkong for his professed opportunities. He said that

he was formerly a pastry cook in the village of Chan

chün (China) and that he joined the S.S."Kong Chau" as

Every five days the

He

a cook in the second decade of the twelfth moon of last

year (11th to 17th January, 1922).

ship was 24 hours in Hongkong, and during that time he

had his cooking to do as usual, and his marketing.

was here for the first 10 or 20 days of the strike. He

then returned to chan chun and remained there from the

2nd February to the 22nd February. He returned to

Hongkong on the afternoon of the 23rd February.

The