23.
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Other witnessed included members of the dinner group.
24.
Only WONG Wing-tim of the four petitioners gave evidence to the
effect that he thought the paper bag handed to him when he asked for
the "account book" did in fact contain an account book, and that it
was with this that he tried to ward of the attack by the deceased.
25.
He said that the my other person he saw involved in the
struggle was CHAN Han-choung and that he saw no one with a knife. He
said after he had struck the deceased with the "account book" CHAN Kan-
sau struggled with the dogmased, that the deceased then fell on the
ground, and they all then ran away.
26.
occurred.
DEFENCE
Eis evidence did not explain how the stab or chop wounds
27.
WONG Wing-tim', a evidence was relied on by his co-accused
who did not give evidence. The gist of their defence was that they were
not armed, nor were they looking for trouble. WONG Wing-tim said that he
was attacked not only by the deceased but also by his associates with
whom he was having dinner. This raised the question both of self
defence and of ovocation.
28.
On the matter ut provocation, a prosecution witness told
the court that over a puth before the date of the murder WONG Wing-tim
had said something to the effect that the deceased deserved to be hit
for not paying his debts. This evidence might suggest that Wong already
then had feelings of hoality towards the deceased.
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