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points to the accused as being very like the man whom she
had seen throw two children into the nullah. She touched
his right shoulder with my pencil at my re quest.
no other identification.
She made
I then had her removed from the
parade. Accused was given an opportunity of changing his
position but he did not do so. I then brought Mary Pine
from a place out of sight and hearing on to the parade. Her
mother was with her but did not speak to her. She came to
the right side of the parade. She got about in line with the
right end of parade about 6 or 7 feet distant, glanced down
the line and immediately pointed to the accused - began to
cry and clung on to her mother. After some time she calmed
down, though appearing to be very frightened and at my zq-
request pointed straight at the accused. I asked her to
count the men. She counted to six from the right and said
No. six was the one. She did this twice. She was asked to
touch him but refused and clung to her mother.
taken to the back of the line and pointed again at him less
than three feet away. She also counted from the other end
of the line from one to number four whom she said was the
man. She then left the parade. She made no other identifi-
cation.
She was
X X. Mr. Lim. She counted the numbers aloud. The other
men were not prisoners.
Re-ex. Fraser. Before she counted she pointed twice.
sd. T. Murphy.
sd. .. Hamilton, P.M., 9/8.
Sim Pen Kiat, dec, ds:- I am employed as an usher and sworn
interpreter in the Chiu Chow Dialect at the Central Magistra-
cy. On July 9th at 9.40 a.m. I read over and explained the
charge of murder to the defendant speaking in the Chiu Chow
dialect, in the presence of ..P. T. Murphy and S.I.
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