Asked why he did not take Loh to the Mixed Court uexo morning, Witness explained that og the case then stood it was bound to be dismissed, and he wished to make further inquiry. He suspected other servants in the station of being concerned in the matter. Ho know of dozens of cases where an accused man was not brought up on the day following his arrest. One instance was a case in which he had been commended for the arrest of a gang of armed robbers, and in this instance the man was not brought up for nearly a week. The result justified the delay. Witness went on to say that Loh walked into the Mixed Court on the following day looking not more damaged, and stood in the dock in the usual drooping manner of a Chinese, but pricked up his ears when Mr. Ting began to talk about the black eye. It was most unusual for a Chinese to wear a leather belt, and witness had not seen Loh with one.
Did you ever tell him that you were an old Shanghai man, and would kill him and get the tipao to take away his body {—Absolutely_no, nothing of that nature.
Do you yourself know who threatened or who struck this man?—I do not. TI only struck a coolie once in my life, and I got a poisoned finger from him.
Cross-examined " by the Crown Advocate, accused said Loh was first brought to the station because Detective Inspector Prosser was suspicious of him and complained of his dumb insolence.
He was brought into the station to be made to talk?—To be questioned, How is property recovered, by, gently talking to them?—I suppose half of it is recovered fron pawnshops without arresting the thieves at all.
The man gave his whole past here in a quarter of an hour The circumstances are different. He is here to speak. They will give no information to the police if they can avoid it.
You told him it would be "just as well" if he told you all about it. What was the alternative to "just as well'?—No alternative.
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