Wong Ah-pau, a cook, was again brought before' the Provisional] Court, on' Monday' morning, before Judge Han and Mr. Whitmore, 'Senior Consul's Depuly, on a charge of having assaulted and robbed Mrs. J. W. Gande a¢ complainant' house, 1 Thorburn Road, at 4 am, on September 22.
Plain Clothe Constable Campbell} d having testified for the police, week, complainant stated that she was awakened on the morning in question by a noise. When she got up and opened her bedroom door,) she saw accused there. The first thing he did was to strike her across to the floor. When she was at feet, he tied her up and gagged her mouth with lwome dirty rags. Then he threaten-to kill her if she made a noise. Witness knew who her assailant was, She recognized his voice. He was a cook and had been in her employ for two weeks.
Continuing, complainant said that that accused' proceeded to demand money from her and she managed to tell him to turn on the light and to take the gag away. This cused. refused to do as he evidently Way afraid thay the light would be seen by the watchman who was downstairs. He got up, opened the door of the south room and shoved her through. Witness felt for a light and succeeded in switching it on. Accused was still holding her all this time, and witness demanded to know the reason, to which acjured simply said "Wantehee money." He told her to open the safe but she replied that she could not do #0. In any ease, she said. there wus nothing but paper in the safe. She told him that she had little money left in her bag and that hho could take it if he released her, bout accused dragged her to the safe} and said that she must open it, Again she told him that she could hot open it, so accused went to the drawer and took out some coppers. He then demanded $200 but witness id that she did not have that much. She said that she had an old suit of clothes in the north room which he could have. After they had gone and got the suit, witness told accused to go away. He thought 4 bit and then went out through the pantry.
Then, said ness. she waited until accus got outside the gate and she blew her police whistle. Her face was injured because of the dirty rags which accused had used to gag her. Accused, she chow Road by her watchman, had stolen " pistol from her.
Accused having admitted the charge, the Judge reserved judgment,
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