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No.3 demonstrated how he fired. He said he hooked his left
arm under his brother's arm pit at the same time extending his right
arm backwards in a line along the footpath and fired. In cross
examination he said he was looking forward towards Tai Po Road all the
time but perhaps his right arm might not have been pointing down the
footpath. When asked to explain how he saw the policeman fall he said
he looked back after he fired and it was then he saw him fall.
The Sergeant was killed by a single bullet which penetrated
the top of his skull and lodged in his brain.
The following morning at about 6 a.m. the police, in an
exercise under the command of Chief Supt. Whitely, carried out in a
way which deserves the highest praise, raided the home of the 9 persons
who were subsequently charged. All nine admitted having taken part in
the robbery but the Crown informed the Court that in fact the 8th
accused as charged had not taken part; he merely kept all the guns, the
ammunition and some of the money for some of the other accused.
found not guilty of murder.
He was
I shall not weary your Excellency with all the statements and
answers to the charges, but the answers of No.1 and No.3 to the charge
of murder are of interest as to who fired the fatal shot.
No.1 said "At the time myself, (No.3), (No.4), (No.2) and
(No.7) all had guns. We fled together because the policemen were
chasing us. I was the first to fire one shot and I had fired only
one shot. At the time, I fired the gun to rob a car. (This clearly
referred to the commandeering the car in Tonkin Street). My younger
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brother (No.3) fired four shots and I saw him hit a policeman. That was
the one who was killed. Following that, my other younger brother (No.4)
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