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COPY OF HIS HONOUR THE CHIFF

JUSTICE'S NOTES.

Monday 27th November 1939.

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Criminal Sessions.

R v. Tong Chu alias Shui Hang Tsai

Murder

Pleads not guilty.

Prentis Asst. C. 8. for Crown.

Chen (Lau) for defence.

Saturnino Maria da Cruz

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Harry Turner

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Henry Leonard Moors

Theodore Alexander Kuester )

empanneled as jurors and respectively

sworn or affirmed.

John James Cameron

Henry William Pomery

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Yuen Tat Ming

John James Cameron chosen as foreman of the jury.

Accused given in charge of the jury.

Prentis Asat.C.S.opens for Crown and calls:-

LIEN TSOONG KYA đđ, xd, Prentis.

M.O. Queen Mary Hospital. About 8.40 p.m. on 28th September Leung Ki

was admitted. Very collapsed from excessive loss of blood. He had a

number of incised wounds. Transverse wound 42* long on back of neck,

it went right down to bone. Wound was blèeding very profusely. Incised

wound across right cheek deep down to bone 3" long. Incised wound on

left am 1" long and 1" deep. Incised wound 41" long on outside of

left thigh. It was deep and went through muscles. Two minor abrasions

of abdominal wall. I could not operate but I stopped haemorrhage. He

improved slightly but later got worse. He was treated for shook with

intravenous injections. On 1st October I was present when dying

deposition was taken from him. It took 1 hours. During taking of

deposition he had lucid intervals. At other times he could not answer

questions clearly. Temperature at that time was very high 104 degs.

Next day I was present when deposition was read over to him. He was

not completely lucid then, but he was better than on the previous day.

He was conscious all the time the deposition was taken but he was

very drowsy. Next day he could not answer questions normally.

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