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A. One is called Lee and the other is called Woad. I dont know certainly about it because I dont know English.
Mr. Lau Chu Pak.-Do you know them when you see them?
A.-Ycs.
Mr. Fung Wa Chun.-Well, when Inspector (F) Ward saw you on the fourth he said to you "Have your son left ?" Did he use Chinese language or English language?
A. He spoke in Chinese.
The Chairman.-Was there anybody there to hear what was said?
A. He would not let people know. If anyone looked he kicked at them.
Mr. Fung Wa Chun.-Did he kick anybody that morning ?
A.-A coolie was looking.
The Chairman.-Where was this? In the street?
A. At the door of the latrine. He made a kick at him rather.
Q. What did you tell Mr. Ward ?
A.--I was only putting him off. I was not going to have my son leave. I said there has not been an examination. Your matter has not been asked about.
Mr. Fung Wa Chun.-(Interpreting) I put the Inspector off by saying "All right" but I never meant to send my son way.
Mr. Lau Chu Pak.-Do these books belong to you? (Books exhibited.)
A.-Yes.
Q.-Who keeps them?
A.-The accountant or accountants.
Q. Can you tell which is your own son's handwriting?
A.-No, I only know my own name.
Q.-You cannot write?
A. I cannot write.
Mr. Shelton Hooper.-When you give any presents to the Inspectors, not money but goods, how do you send it up to their houses? Who takes them up?
A.-My son. Well, he will know about that as to whether he takes them up personally. Q.-Would your son know all about what is in those books ?
A. He can read but he is not accountant. It is the accountant who makes the entries. He does not know all about the business. It is my business.
It is my business. He sometimes looks at the books.
Q-When any presents of money or anything else were made to the Inspectors by your son and entered in your books did you know that these presents 'were given?
A.-I dont know how much he gave.
Sometimes he said to me.
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