It is to be feared that more murders take place in the colony than we are aware wf. The harbour offers a convenient place for the bestowal of adead body, and if there are no marks of vidence the verdict of found drowned" is natural and simple. Oii the morning of the 9th inst. the body of a Chinaman was picked up off the Market Wharf which bore suspicious marks. There were several bruises on the body, and a mark round the neck conveyed the impression that a rope had been tied round it. The Police. are making enquiries, but probably nothing will be discovered.
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