Sung Ah-doo, unemployed, was charged at the Mixed Court with having wilfully, unlawfully, and with malice aforethought, killed one Sze Ching-piao, ina house in Hwakee Road on February 16.
Detective-Sergeantruicksbank stated deceased resided at a lodging which the accused was employed. Shortly after the deceased arrived at the lodging house the accused was dismissed, later on the accused had a quarrel with the proprietor of the lodging-house, whom he stabbed. The accused ran away to the French Concession, but re-torned and had a quarrel with the deceased, whom he stabbed in the presence of vet witnesses. The accused was immediately arrested and given in charge. was taken to deceased hospital, bat he died before he reached
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