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Q.-Suppose he had been taken to the Police and no charge made against him, would you not discharge him?
A.-I might have enough evidence to get him remanded for a week, and by that time I might have got sufficient to obtain a conviction.
Q.-Suppose there is no evidence at all, would you apply for a remand?
A. You would let him go certainly if there was absolutely no evidence. Q.-You don't know whether the man went willingly or not to the Pó Léung Kuk? A. I do not.
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-You don't know whether he stopped there or was detained there?
A.-I could not say.
Q.-You simply took the charge laid in the usual manner?
A. Yes.
Q-You say the Police are just as capable of coping with kidnapping without any assistance from the Pó Léung Kuk?
A.--I think the assistance would be of great use to them, but I do not see why they should not cope with it.
Q.-You think the Pó Leung Kuk has assisted in suppressing kidnapping? A.--Yes.
Q.-You think it is a useful Society?
A. Yes, I do.
Q.--Have you ever heard anything against the Committee of the Society?
A.-Nothing.
Q.--Do you know any members of the Committee?
A.--I cannot say I do. I only know one of them.
Q.--You are of opinion that the Society has done good work?
A.-I believe it has.
Honourable Ho KAI-Have you told anyone that the man had been detained in the Pó Léung Kuk for seven days?
A.--No, I was asked the other day with reference to a particular case that came before the Magistrate the other day. Mr. WODEHOUSE asked me whether there was any case in which a man was detained,
Q.-Mr. WODEHOUSE asked you?
A. Yes. Some coolies had been charged with kidnapping. He asked me whether anyone
had been taken to the Pó Léung Kuk before being brought to the Police Station. Q. Did you tell him that the man had been detained for seven days before being brought before him ?
A.-I said he was there; I did not say he was detained.
Honourable T. H. WHITEHEAD.-That he was kept there?
A. That he was there.
Honourable Ho KAI.--Did you use the expression that he was kept or detained for seven days?
A.I might have said that he was kept but I did not intend to convey the impression that he was detained there.
The Committee then adjourned.
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