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within as made it probable that the murderer was himself dead.
cordon tight and make sure
I myself received news of the
I had been out earlier at Sham
The main thing was to draw the
the murderer couldn't get away.
affair at the Peak at 7.45 p.m.
Shui Fo. I got bullet proof waistcoats etc from Central and
caught the 9.05 p.m. ferry to Kowloon, and arrived at Lok Ma Chau
about 10.30 p.m. I made certain enquiries and dispositions and
finally entered the Station through the Compound and via the
outside stairway a little after 11.30 p.m. Had the D.S.P.
attempted to rush the station before my arrival, and suffered
casualties, I should certainly have been dissatisfied whether
he succeeded or not. Before going in I listened very carefully
for any sound within the station, and flashed my torch in at
the windows without result.
reasonably safe to go in.
only then did I decide it was
5.543 first came under my personal notice on 12th May last
when he and 7.0.5.80 were reported to me by the 1st A.S.P.
(Mr. Scott) as having been punished for gambling in barracks.
It was an unusual and very bad case. I doubled the $1 fine
imposed on each, confirmed the confiscation of $7 found in
possession of B.60, and had each warned for dismissal. Mr. Scott
in addition had each of them packed off to the N.T. which is
the usual practice in such ea685,
Between May 16th and June
12th I was away up North. on my return 1 reopened the case,
and on July sth the two I.P.CB. appeared before me, A.B.P.
Nawab Khan asking as interpreter.
B.80 objected to the confiscation of the $79 which he claimed
had all been in his possession, whereas B.b43 with $105 on him
had had nothing confiscated. I satisfied myself of the justice
of this complaint, and finally decided that each 1.P.C. should
pay in #25 to the Godwara within a week, B.80 getting his $79
back.
On hearing my decision B.543 asked permission to resign.
I told him he could make an application later but not until
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