charged with the murder of District Watel On the 22nd inst., the man Tung Foong, man Lan Fai at Wanchai by shooting him with a revolver, was brought up in Criminal Sessions at the Supreme Court before Chief Justice Carrington and a special jury. The case was adjourned to the 23rd inst., when the learned counsel pleaded and his lordship summed up the evidence, Tue jury, after an absence of more than an hour, returned a unanimous verdict of guilty. The jury added a desire to call the attention of the Governor to the courageous and intelligent manner in which - P.C, 70, and P.O, 293 effected the capture of the prisoner. The prisoner, who is quite a youth, but wears a cool'and hardened front, denied having shot the watchman and asked the Judge not to pass sentence of death on him. ip told the criminal that he had been convicted on very clear evidence, and he then passed sentence in the usual form. The condemned man takes his sentence badly. On the following day he attempted to commit suicide in his cell by cutting his wrist.
Hongkong, 27th June.
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