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MURDER TRIAL.

DEATH SENTENCE ON WOMAN.

FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 19, 1924.

An

HONGKONG WATER SUPPLY.

BACTERIOLOGIST'S REPORT.

The report of the Bacteriologiat's Department included in the 1028 to the public mainly to its relation Afedical Report will be of interest to the water supply.

Mediost Officer at the time of the wounding. As he was away on duby this, was foud. It stated that ho had examined the body A distressing murder onse was of the doceased and como to tried before Mr.. Justice Gon tho conclusion that doutb portz at the Criminal Bossions was duo to hemorrhage, ro- yesterday. Prisoner, Tom San, sulting from the thigh wound. was convicted and sentenced to artery and large vein bad bean severed. The wound could have boon self-inflicted. If it bad buon caused by a fall on an instrument reservoirs in a raw stato, alterod Bamples were taken from all it would have had to be very and from taps, and the results of heavy fall. The knife, which he the analyses for the last six months bad beon shown, might have of the your are included in the caused the wound but, it had to be report. These show, by the pollution used with considerable force.

death.

Mr. II. 8. Fitzroy appeared for the défonce.

The Crown's case was untlined by Mr. J.H.B. Nihill, who told the jury that although it was necessary for them to accept the evidenes of young phildren with caution, he thought they would be portaally justified in necepting the nine year old girl in the case, who witnessed the crime, as a credible witness. Mr. Nibili described the ovents loadlag up to the crime.

Surgeon Licut-Commander Iudex, that in very few cases was Willlo sold be had examined they fault to be found with the knife, two jackets and the pair of supply. Albany gives the host

trousers produced. Blood was pre- below standard.

resulle, with only, four samples

Hout in small quantities on all of thom. None of thom gave the reaction for human blood. This did not prove that they were not

hunnan blood.

statement ni

Ʌ permanent standard of purity has been adopted and the comparisons are therefore a tri

index of the quality of the water "upply in the different areas.

Tho total number of eamples oxamined was 36th, as against 87 in 1922.

work was dune in connection with the public water supplies during shortage in the oarlier months, as the your, During the period of the quality fell a clase watch was kept on the main supplies.

A considerable amount of other

In connection with a scheine for an investigation of the water of the supplementing the local supplies, Canton River was carried out and useful data obtained.

The murder with which the prisoner stood charged, said Mr. Nilill in his opening, took place on July 15th, dust on the first floor of The sergeant intorproter who 10, Houng Ling luto, a street took the woman's which connected Queen's Road the police station gave evidence West with Bonham Strand. The that her second statement was not victim was a young girl of fourteen put in the book, as she bad pet named Chu Kam-hai, and she was been sworn a second timo. the adopted daughter of tho, Chu Yui, fbo woman's bus- prisoner. Sho had been living band," said that he only went with the prisoner for the past seven occasionally to the house as the or eight years. On the evening defendant (his kept woman") in question the girl was stabbed in was always drinking wine and the thigh and the medical evidence smoking opium, Sho was drunk would show that death was due to ourly every night. He went out hemorrhage. The wound was to get medicine when he saw his inches long and 33 inches deep.

adopted daughter wounded, bo Prisoner was the "kopt woman cause he thought that was the best of a man named Chu Yui and was way of stopping the blooding.

Twelve-year-old Chu Wing, an the principal teasnt of the floor. There was a third adopted child, adopted son of the prisoner, gave boy named Chu Wing, but although is evidence very clearly. He told thoso children all bore the same the jury that thoro was nothing, Dane there was no actual relation strange about his mother that night, ship between them. They regard. but she was drunk. In answer to ed themselves as brother and Mr. Fitzroy ho, said he know a sistera. 3 further witness in the man was droul by his red and

The water supplies of some of ense was a hawker named Sun Ng, Hushed face. His mother did not

the New Territory polies stations who rented two bed spaces on the show those signs. She was addiet-suspicion, it was suggested that having been placed under od to opiun sinoking.

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Taking up the story of the crime, Mr. Nihill said that the boy Chu Wing left the house at about 0 p.m. Some little titue Inter, when the light was fading, so that it must have been botween o'clock and o'clock, prisoner told deceased to wash the bed uint, but for some reason the girl was sulky and gave do answer. Prisoner grow annoyed, and throw a glass dish at deceased

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His sinc-year-old "eister." des ribed the scene when the crime was committed. When her sister was stabbed slib cried out "Yani Kung Chit To," the interpreter ox- plaining that this was moaning "May misery befall you all your life." She told Mr. Fitzroy that her mother beat her, only when she failed to do things properly.

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What the Police Saw.

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the police station, she refused to walk, but be believed she could havo dano yn had she wished.

In crans examination witness won!

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A Chinoso constable said that Prisoner then got up, crossed when he arrived at the house the room, went to the table, th prisoner Trais palo Anil opened the drawer, abstracted looked frightened. She kaife, walked across to deceased, not *appear to be under the stabbed her in the right thigh and influence of drink.

On the way to thon- threw the knife out of the window into the street below.

Sibill she stated that when she cross-examination by Mr. Almost immediately after, the

had been under arrest (or six days hawker Sun Ng, who had heard the

another of girl's cries and recognised her asked why he did not telephone at visited her and told her that ber stepdaughters voice, went into the room and saw once for the ambulance. He said deceased was stretching up the girl lying on the floor propped his instructions were that he take some boiled ox tail from a Prisoner niced always had to see the wounded shelf when she fell, rolling upon the up against a stool, Now at $ 2.50|||im if he had some medicine to person first.

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She was reminded by counsel had none and went out for a police that when he arrived at the scene that she made this statement to constable. Prisoner told the little prisoner was under arrest. Two

the police when arrested. leet away from girl to go and fetch her father.

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