There was one moment of dramatic interest. Apart from the fact that there were differences between the narrative of the accused and those of witnesses for the Crown, the latter had declared with remarkable unanimity that they had been unable to converse with accused at any time, for she did not know their language and they did not understand hers. She was therefore called upon to repeat to the Court, in Chinese, what she alleged she had said to the two Sungs on the road when she sought their help. This accused was able to do readily and correctly!
In his summing up Judge Wilkin.
id that in the absence of any evidence of premeditation the jury would be justified in reducing' the charge to one of manslaughter. A point they had to consider was the possibility that Kao had taken hi In this connexion he drew lution to a letter found in house written by the absent brother, in which the latter stated he expected to return to his home in the village. If, as accused alleged, the relations between Kao and his sister-in-law had been immoral, the probability of further trouble with the brother who had befriended him might have furnished a motive for self-destruction.
After a brief retirement the jury brought ina verdict of "not guilty" either of murder, or manslaughter.
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