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GRAHAM STREET

TRAGEDY.

Prisoner Appears at the Criminal Sessions.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18, 1914.

the case. One of the women who wondering why he had not was killed was the wife of the mentioned or suggested any, acensed, and the other was the possible motive in this cars. He wife of the old man, (the father contended as a fact that to some of the accused), the mother of the extent the faota, both of the story aocused. They were all present put forward in the defence and when this affair took place. He the story which the prosecution would now deal with the defence put forward, would show that it The First Court, at the Ori- that was to be put up by the was an unhappy house. The wife was, shortly, of the accased apparently did minal Sessions, contained hun-accused which dreda of persons who wore interest that he did not kill his wife not get on with the mother bis mother at all and, according to accused's own ed in the Graham Street tragedy, and this morning, among the number and that his wife shot his mothert tement she worried him very being several Europeans of both and then shot herself. Now with much in order to inace him to sexes. On the Bench beside Sir regard to the fourth point,thetike her away. Indeed, one William Rose Davies, the Chief case for the Crown-it wee that might almost go further than Justice, sat Lady Rees Davies the acouced shot his mother and that and say that it was clear that then shot his wife. Those were very on the night before the morning and another lady.

The case was one in which shortly the four broad points; the that this occurred the accused Pang Hin-tung was charged with outline of the case, and how he parted from his wife after some the murder of Li Lam-lan and proposed to deal with the charge. conversation between them and Wong Wong his wife and his The first intimation that the went out. It was known that he mother, at 53 Graham Street, authorities had that anything had did not return until a very early Hollywood Road, on the morning gone wrong in this house was hour in the morning that the the blowing of police whistles, murder, or whatever it was, of February 8.

the

five

The Hon. Attorney General, Two constables, a European and took the place.He got back about Mr. J.A.S. Backnil, KC, ine- an Indian, went together to the one o'clock in the morning trusted by Mr. P. M. Hodgson, place in which the whistles and the shooting affray took Assistant Orown, Solicitor, were blowing. They went up-1.on between probably prosecuted and Mr. Eldon Potter, stairs, and, according to their and a xo'clock. Accused had spent Instructed by Mr Oito Kong account, they found the old gathe night with a companion and tleman and his wife-the wife according to accused's own ac Sing, defended.

The Jury empanelled were: lying dead on the bad in the first count of what he had eaten and Mergere. H. C. Sandford (foreman), cubicle, and they also found the drank, he had made himself un- V..Sinclair Ferguson, W. R. O. accused man. They further found well. There was no doubt as to Dende, P. O. Rozs, S. Helme. J.J. the accused's wife lying on the the owner of the revolver, the ground in the second cubicle; accusel man having bought it Gutierrez and A A. Fefe.

The Attorney General, in open- she was not dead, but was very three or four months before the ing the case for the prosecution, seriously wounded. They also trouble, and he had bought am- said the prisoner at the bar was found the amah on the stairs and musition which he kept accord- charged with the murder of two found the place in a state of ing to his own account in a women, and it would bo absurd considerable confusion. The ac drawer in the house. The re- for him to suggest that it was ched we taken into custody, volver was found in his cubicle

to

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Mr. Putter-The defence bas

put forward no story yet, my L rd, the Crown has put forward two stories.

The Attorney General:-1 don't know..

The case was a journel.

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the matter before them, and ing circumstances under which this they would no doubt hear later. Bring the guilt on some person, tragedy took place, he thought, Her depositions were taken at the but this was not quite an ordinary cans it was one that presented were best explained under four bospital... beads. Firstly, he proposed to Ilia Lordship-Was the pri-two stories; the story the Crown tell them what the nature of the soner present?

put forward, and the story pur The Attorney General:Yes, to ward by the defence. premises where this affair was perpetrated; secondly, he pro-the prisoner was there. And that posed to give them emo account statement was very important. In of the persone who lived in the that statement-I don't know if house; thirdly, he proposed to my friend wishes to object to the indicate to them in some lile statement going in?

The Attorney General said that a. Potter. There is only ques- showed the point that he wanted to instructions from John Ar- THE Undersigned has received detail, the nature of the story that was outlined by the defence;ion I would like to ask the learn make, and it give him the oppornold Esq., to sell by Public Auction in the defence which was put ed Attorney General-Was the unity to reiterate what he had on forward to show that the accused rrisoner given notice in writing said as to what was the duty of man was not the perpetrator of before the deposition was taken?the Crown. They had to say The Attorney General:-That whether witnesses were telling the crime; and, lastly, he inten!. ed to put before them the case I don't know.

the truth, whether they were the 28th March, 1914, common-

cing at 2.30 p.m. the Crown asked them Mr. Polte-my possibly put confused, or whether they were Consider as the true case. Now, in the statement myself, but I trying to shield the "acoused.

Mr. Potter: There is no evid- the premises where this tragedy don't know. was enacted consisted of a house Continuing, the Attorney Gen-ence of that. The Crown ie pot of three storeys, and the persone eral esid that the -young-woman entitled to tell the jury that if who were concerned in the affair made a statement which they the evidence proves that the man for the purposes of this case, so would bear later. He wanted to is not guilty, that they might be far as was really material, occupi-point out that it was the duty of shielding the neoused, ed the second floor, which con- the Crown to call all the avail- sisted of a front room, a backable evidence as to all the persone room and of two cubicles and they thought had anything to do as he proposed to prove the with the crime in any way. They

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ANDFIRE BRASSES, DINNER ground on or about March 6th, desirable for the jury to follow was committed would tell a story,

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ORNAMENTS, eto, etc. was an elderly man, a retired com-evidence which he proposed to

AND SINGLE Bend in their Bills of Lading for DOUBLE pradore, and like, no doubt, most call, did not compare with

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less accompanied by a short de- was the accneed. They slept in was a blood relation, of all, be Victoria, on Tuesday, the 31st

Some Canton Blackwood:livery note or list of exceptions separate bede in the second oabi- thought, except the smah-it was March, 1914, at 12 o'clock Noon,

CABINETS, JARDINIERES, taken at the time of delivery to ole. Then, in addition to them, not for him to say, it was a mat for the purpose of receiving a TABLES, STOOLS, TEAPOYS, consignees and signed for and on there also resided in thie honso ter on which they had to use their Statement of Accounts and the

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