The Archive · 1898

Another Execution in Victoria

GAOL

On the morning of the 8th inst, Lam Chu-wan, who was convicted at the last Criminal Sessions of the murder of Li Fat-tong, a servant in the employ of the Spatish Fathers, om. the 19th of November lat, suffered the extreme penalty of the Jaw in the precincts of Victoria Gaol. The Trecution, which was performed bya warder, vas carried out very expeditiously in predence of the Gaol officials, and death was instantaneous. The prisoner showed. the utmost composure during the proceedings, and volunteered no statement, dying with true Chinese callousness, The shareholders in the above company

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