Defendant, who was discharged on Saturday night from the post of constable at the Sailors' Home, was brought up under the following suspicious efreumstances Grorce Houses storekeeper, No. 576, Broadway, Hongkew, deposed.—Between six and seven o'clock on Sunday evening, defendant and two men came to my door, I was standing talking to two other men, named Mills and Maguire. The latter shortly went away, and Mills went inside my house. Defendant spoke to Mills about some money he owed him. They had some words, but I quelled the dispute, and told. defendant I could not have a noise made, it being Sunday. Defendant and his companions then went away, and at about ton o'clock, defendant returned alone. Mills was still there with me. Defendant began taunting him, While this was going on, my China boy came and told me that defendant i then looked, lo was up the sleeve, the handle being haud; Tat once sent for the police, and Mil went up stairs to the boarders' apartment. Defendant was going away, and had jast got outside the shop, when a foreign constable took him into custody and fouud the knife as described. Defendant was smoking while in the shop. He made no attempt to use the knife. He was in the shop the second time about halé- auchour. I do not know where he got the knife from, Itis not my property. He did not got it in my house.
The knife was produced in Court, and was a largo and formidable weapon of the kind used by slaughterman, It appeared to have been recently ground, and was very sharp.
Defendant said he had nothing to say. He admitted he had the knife, but did not Know how he became possessed of it, He had been drinking, and must have got the Knife in Holmes's house, but who gave it him he did not know.
Tuspector Fowitx said that when defendant was brought to the Police Station, he seemed perfectly sober, a Defendant called Mills as a witness for him, and asked him if he (defendant) did anything to provoke him on Sunday night 1618 replied, though with willinguess—Defendant had words Ho dalled me names, and said L was a coward. He knows I am under a $1,200 bond at the Aimoricau Consulate to keep the peace, and took advantage of it to taunt me. I was lying on a long rattan chair ab the time, and a China woman and boy came and told me defendant bad a knife up his sleep Defendant admitted calling Mills a coward, and said if he bad not been in liquor it would not have happened.
The Foreign Courtable who apprehended the defendant, deposed—I seized him by the left arm, He kept his right arm away from ime, but I got hold of it, and found the knife up the right sleeve. I drew it out, and asked him what he was doing with it there, He said he had been cutting cheese with it, cheese to cut at, Mr. Holies's store. 1 told, la there was no then appeared as' though he did not ku: what tosay. I told him I should take hi into custody for having the knife up his He had been drinking, but was aid he did not have the kui with a bad intention, and did not know how came to have it.
'Mr. Bowen said defendant was in his employ at the Sailors' Home for about twenty days, during which time he behaved himself very well, except on one occasion, He was not at all a quarrelsome man.
His Wonsum said' he did not - like case against the defendant at all. It was hho did not use the knife, but it was impos: to say what little amount of provocation might have induced him to use it. Men do not go about with a knife like that up their sleeve—the handle in their right hand, the striking hiand—without some reason. 1t seemed that what occurred was something like this: De fendant and two other meu, were at Holme: door between six and seven on Saturd: evening. One of them had some word and there was nearly a fight, but Holmes stopped it. Defendant and the others then went away, and defeudantreturnedalone about ten o'clock, and bad something to drink and he then seemed to have done alli he could to provoke a quarrel with Mills, by calling hima coward. His Worship had very little doubt that if Millshad been provoked to quarrel, defendant would have used the knife. It appeared that defendant went away the first time, obtained the knife, and then returned, People could not be permitted to go about with knives in that way, and he should send defendant to prison for one month's hard labour.
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