The accused are charged with causing grievous bodily harm to a Chinese whom they had in custody, Loh Tse-wha, with intent to maim, disfigure or disable him, with aiding and abetting a Japanese and two Chinese detectives in the crime, with inflicting grievous bodily harm, and- with assault. They have pleaded not guilty to all four counts.
The Crown Advocate (Mr. H. P. Wilkinson). is conducting the prosecution, and Mr.-M. Reader Harris is counsel for the defence.
At the outset last Friday, the Crown Advovate corrected a statement that the notice emanating from Headquarters on the subject of the alleged torture of men held in custody, with a view to extracting confessions, or signed statements, was issued in March, 1922.
Continuing hig evidence, complainant was asked whether he implicated anyone when making the false confessions, and replied that, during the beating, he mentioned a house in Chengtu Road, without naming the people living there, and he also named Inspector Prosser's house boy, but the acensation was not true. It was not true that while at Inspector Prosser's house he wore silk clothing and black and gold brocaded shoes
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