The Archive · 1925

A—No, Woosung Road

Q—T think you saw the' corpses lof the persons who were shot and died on the Saturday and Monday.

'A—I saw four corpres.

Q—Can you tell us where they were shot?

'AW saw them on the the Mortuary, in the moming about 9 o'clock. One of them was about 18 years of age. had two elliptical wounds with uneven edges. One of them was situated in the left intro-scapular region.

Q_What is that in simple Jan-A—Below the scapula on the eft side, Quif anybody was turning round to encourage a mob to come on like this (demonstrated), would it be possible to be hit there?

A—Yes. The other wound was} Jabout half an inch external to the left sternal clavicular junction in front.

Q—Now, take the next one saw. Where was he wounded?

Assessor:—Have you the names of the wounded?

A—No. The next one I saw was about 20 years of age, with lonly one elliptical wound in front, just over the sternum, at the level ib. The size of the in the chest?

A—Yes, the sternum was fractured.

Q—You saw two more?

Q—Where were they wounded?

A=—In the third case, the wound lof entrance, roughly, was on the right side in the 6th inter-costal space, by the autecier axillary line. The exit wound was over the left, clavicle.

Q—That is from right to left?)

Q—That would be consistent! with being hit side-woys, consist tent with a man turning round to say 'Come along'?

QUNow, about the fourth one.

A—This'one was ubout 53 years lof age. The bullet entered by the neck, and had bent downwards a little, and came out of the front the neck, just over the shoulder.

'Q—Those "were the only four} you saw?

A—Yes, on the Sunday. I enw Janother three later on.

Q—What did you s¢e Inter out A—On Saturday, T saw three bodies in the Mortuary. One was about 35 years of age. He had a small circular wound in the ight, deltoid region over the shoulder. "The wound was about half an inch in diameter with its direction towards the chest. The bully bad not come out and was probably buried in the chest. One was from Pootoo Road Station, and another tone from Yangtezepoo Station.

In the second case, the man was about 40 years of age, and hed two small circular wounds about 4-10ths fof an inch in diameter. One of the wounds was below the third rib, about 1" external tothe stemnal border—that would be about the middle of the chest. The ud wound was in the left intro-scapula region in the beek below the shoulder blade.

Assessor:—Could you say which was the wound of entry and which

\—It_ was possibly done by one wound of exit Dullet, but it is very dificult to Jsay which was the front and which the back, because the bullet was lof very small size, and probably had a fairly high velocity and the rts which are struck are soft.

next one was from Sinza Sta: tion—a man about 40 years of age. He had one lacerated wound with perforating aperture in the left orbital region. The whole skull was fractured and at the back of the head, in the occipital region, there was a emall elliptical wound. In iny opinion, the bullet entered by thie back of the head and came out in front below the eye.

Q—Would it be possible for it to enter by the eye and come out fat the back of the head?

A—The wound of exit in generally bigger and the eye-wound here: is bigger.

Mr. Maitland:—Yer, but the} eye is a much softer place for the bullet to come out than close to the bone.

Q—When was it you saw this! body?

A—That was probably on the second morning but I have not} got the date.

'Q—Do you know where he wai found?

Q—You cannot say whether he was found in the New World for not?

Q—Did you see any mere?

Q—Do you know who saw the' other bodies.

A—We do not generally ace bodies of men who have died in hospital. 'The hospital doctor usvally gives' a certificate for them.

Cross examined by Mr. Ho Fei:

Q—Where were Fou graduated?

A-St. John's College.

Q—You saw seven of the dead, is that all?

[post mortem examination, therefore his testimony is not enough.

Assessor—Ask Mr. Ho Fei if his defence is the same as the other day, that two of his clients were factors in the crowd at the time.

Mr. Ho Fei:—Yes, At present Tam asking the witness about those two shots, one from the front and tone from the back. Does the doctor know which one was shot inst?

Assessor:—The doctor has told you already. He docs not know.

Witness:—I said there were two wounds on the body-I did not there were two bullets throug! the body.

Tu answer to the Assessor, Mr. Maitland said he was endeavouring to get further medical evidence,

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