At the Public Mortuary, on Tuesday, before: Judge, Keh and Mr. Burdett, Senior Coniul's Deputy, an inquest was conducted over the body: of a Chinese woman.
P.-C.:8, Moir stated that, at 8.45 'a.m, on' Monday, a telephone mess: age was received from the Dah Kung Cotton Mill quarters, Pingliang Road, to the effect that a Woman hed hanged herself there, When the police arrived, deceased had already been cut down. From. inquiries made, it appeared that deceased and her husband had had quarrel over domestic matters at 5.80 a.m. and, at 6.30, she went into the kitchen and hanged herself, When her husband came back for breakfast, he found deceased hanging.
Zien Tuli-sung said that deceased was his wife. She sometimes seom= ed to be a bit crazy. On, Monday morning, the rice seemed to be cooked enough but she still kept putting charcoal on the stove, Witness told her not to waste the following which admonition had a quarrel. When his hanged herself, he was working in the next. room, A verdict of suicide, death being due to bonying, was returned,
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