At H.M. Police Court last Friday, before Mr. G. W. King, Magistrate, Mula Singh was charged with having attempted to murder a Chinese woman, Wong Ah-pau, at-411 Urga Road.
Inspector Fitzgibbon appeared for the police, and in outlining the facts of the case, informed the Court that at about 10 o'clock on Thursday morning the complainant, now in hospital in a rather serious condition, was brought to Harbin Road station and showed signs of having been badly wounded. She was immediately taken to hospital. Shortly afterwards the accused was brought in by a Chinese constable. It appeared that, hearing a whistle blown, the constable went into the alleyway where there was a crowd of Chinese. He saw the accused come from the door of complainant's house, and the crowd shouted out that he was carrying a knife. The policeman closed with him, whereupon the accused threw a bloodstained chopper on the ground behind him. At the police station, accused denied the charge, and said that the complainant herself caused the wounds, In answer to his Worship, the Inspector said that accused and the woman had quarrelled before. It appeared that accused went to the house on Thursday morning and had an argument with the conplainant, who was lying in bed. His grievance appeared to be that she had been responsible for nis dismissal from the police force, and he demanded a certain sum of money.
Cc. P. C. 971 gave evidence arrest, in the circumstances already related. Accused made an appeal to Allah, translated as ''Heaven only knows!," and went quietly to the police station.
Prisoner was remanded in custody.
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