The Archive · 1908

An Alleged Murderer

Wong Sai He-taz, mafoo, was charged with being concerned. with three others not in custody with the marder of one Wong Ab-sai, in Kaishing Road at midnight on September 26, 1905.

Tt appears that four mafoos were intimate with the same woman and they quarrelled over her. Words led blows, and one man was stabbed #0 seriously that he died. The native authorities held an inquest and issued amanis for the arrest of the men concerned. The mafoos disappeared, but Det.-Sgt. Reeves arrested the accused slew days ago.

The Court ordered " remand so as to chain particulars of the evidence at the inquest, from the Chinese authorities.

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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