His Lordship—Ali I can is that the Director of C minal Intelligence does not agree with you. He considers it highly improper. Can you give me any reason why the Japanese should be brought in at midnight!—l understand, sir—I do, not want to know what you understand. Can you give me any reason why he should be brought in then?—I know why it was said he was brought in.
Is that what you want to know?'
1 want to know why he was brought in for the third questioning.
There being no immediate reply, his Lordship continued: Major "Hilton Johnson, I am fully aw are of the fact that this inquiry is a very unpleasant one for the whole police force in this Settlement, whatever happens in this case. But. we are here to try and get the truth of what actually happened. Can you give me any pear discussions of the case which they must have heard in the clubs and elsewhere. He then reviewed the story told by complainant, and went on to say that whatever injuries might have been inflicted, neither of the accused had anything to do with them. Balchin did not assault complainant at noon on the 5th, and he was not present when the beating was said to have been given to him at midnight on returning from Burkill Road, he being then out at supper with Det.-Sgt. Schmidt.. Mr. Harris went on ta say that he could not help thinking that Mr. Ting was not altogether an independent witness, and it appeared to him that Dr. Cox had looked upon the case with a jaundiced eye and had exaggerated his account of the complainant's condition, especially in regard to the internal injury and the possible development of reason why brought atthe see eave to Sangrene. The third inquiry was the Japanese was et deve opis mo was that Det-Sgt.
Okajima necessary because Gabbutt regarded it as hig duty to recover the spoke English and Chinese better than the other two detectives concerned.
Okajima has no bonus for Chinese. Gabbutt has?—I do not know. Which do you consider most important, that property shou Id be recovered, or that the criminal should be punished 1—Pyimarily, punishment: of the criminal.
And when you get his confession, what more is wanted?—If he has confessed fully, nothing more is wanted.
The confession was considered sufficient upon which to take him to the Mixed Court?—Yrs.
Do you still hold the view that the third questioning was proper!
is impossible for me to so was not there.
My opinion is that, if he was brought out third. time, it was because' the detectives considered—there was something more to be got.
You know it was a mere suspicion, a mere accident, that the man was got to the station at all? Do you still adhere to what you said?—I can only say it must be left to the men concerned. cannot say it was not necessary.
But you can speak now from the facts brought out at the police in-stolen' property if possible.
Undéubtedly, said counsel, there was a political aspect to the case, Originally, the Chinese and Japanese were accused. To what extent complainant was beaten he did not know, except that accused had nothing to.do with it. The Chinese had greatly exaggerated the case in the document which was published, and in which they ferred to the foreigners as pigs and dogs. They also said that if Loh @icd, foreign detective No, 62 and cthers would have to pay the penalty of their lives and that;|Loh's relatives would have compensated.
It was interesting to note that the foreign officer they mentioned was Det.-Irap. Presser, who had nething to do with this case.
They wound up by saying that they were prepare to go through fire and boiling water in order to attain their end, concluding with a demand for the abolition of _extraterritcriality. Counsel concluded by characterize ing statements by the complainant og a tissue of lies, and said that if the jury were satisfied ho was a Har they would not be prepared to convict on his evidence.
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