CO129-541-11 Cheng Kwok Yau- trial judge's notes 1-1-1932 - 31-12-1932 — Page 36

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Lau the chauffeur of the accused cannot be found

in the Colony. It was stated in evidence by Christie and

Zimmern that the ac used on the moming of the 21st March

in Kowloon on the way to the Ferry said to Christie "I

have a trusted chauffeur who is under an obligatiŭn to

This remark formed part of a conversation to whí ch

I must refer later. Lai King Fat has stated that so far

as she knew Fung had no enemies ther than the dxxx acouted.

No suggestion has been made that the evidence,

which has been set out so far, is not both relevant and

admissible.

The Crown has tendered also other evidence to

which objection is here taken, the same objection having

been taken already at the trial. This evidence was

received and submitted to the jury in support of the

indictment. It was derived from the witnesses Zimmern and

Christie and falls into two sections. In the first

section it was stated that on the 20th Xạr h the accused

invited Zimmern to bring his friends to dinner. The

accused met Zi mern, Christie and two other men that

evening at the Ye Fong Chan restaurant. At this restaurant

the accused invited Zi-mern and his party to go with him

to the Mathm Hotd there and then to assault Fung. They

went to the Nathm Hɔtel arriving on the 31st March

between 1 a.m. and 2 s.a.

accused at this time was

The avowed object of the

*save his own face" by smacking

Fung's face. Fung did not leave his rʊom and the assault

did not take place.

Conversation then ensued between the

accused, Zima rn and Christie at the Nathan Ho tei.

The second section of this evidence is to the

following effect: that on the 21st March in the early

hours at the Nahm Hotel, Kowloon, after the failure of

the scheme to assault Fung in the hotel, the accused