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morning of the trial and was obviously lying.
The homicide being admitted I charged the
Jury that it was for the accused to satisfy them that
he and Keung Fan Lin were married, and that if he failed
so to satisfy them, the defence must fail. If, on the
other hand, they were satisfied that there was a marriage
they must further be satisfied that the accused found
In Chun and Keung au Lin in adultery and that the provoc-
ation as well as being grave was sudden.
It is sufficient for the moment to say that
there was no evidence that accused so found the murdered
couple, in fact the view at 2.30 in the morning into a
dark cubicle would be very little indeed, and there is
further, in the provision of the rope and knife and in
the obvious planning which the whole murder shows, ample
evidence of premeditation and design.
The jury were out for only eight minutes and
returned a unanimous verdict of guilty of murder, a verdict
with which I was in complete agreement.
The murder was brutal and calculated, and I sun
unable to make any recommendation to Your Excellency on
behalf of the condemned man.
A copy of my notes of evidence is forwarded
herewith. No shorthand note of the summing up was taken.
I have the honour to be,
His Excellency,
sir.
Your Excellency's most obedient servant
20 Ama
Spree.
Chief Justice.
Sir William Peel,K.C.H.G....K.B.E...,
Governor.
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