who was called the President of the university, I think he was the acting president.
Q—On that occasion, there were just about 300 books of a Bolshe-yik nature?
A—Yes, I. should estimate it about that. I do not say Bolshe-yik because 1 do not know what the contents were.
'Q—That is what the Court found. They were seized on those grounds QAI think you also appeared] on behalf of the strikers in the Japanese cotton mill?
A—That very morning, I had) appeared for four students of the] Shanghai University, and had pleaded guilty on their behalf and. asked that their cases be heard that day. 'They were allowed out on bail of $100. I also appeared for the head man of the! Iabourers in the Nagai Wats Kaisha' rill, and this case, also, was held over. 'Those cases are' still held fever, although in both I pleaded guilty on behalf accused.
Assessor:- I believe you stated {in your examination in chief, that you saw, just before the firing, a rush of 10 or 15 people.
A—Yes, when the pamphlets ria, were going in the air.
Q—Just a few inoments prior to the firing, did you see a general movement of the crowd.
'A—No, that was the only move 1 tras able to. see.
Q—What would you estiraate the crowd to have been, as far as can tell?
'A—From Wing On's, down to [the Louza Station, from what I saw on the side of the pavement at Sincere's and Wing On's, I should say there was a crowd of about 750 - over 500 anyhow.
'Q—Just leave out Wing On's ithe crowd between you and the station?
A—I did not have a very. clear vision, I think there were two "buses, I am not quite sure, but that left me no vision of the roadway leading up to the Station.
Magistrate: You just said there was 700 -or S00 people. Gan you state what kind of people the majority of them worer A—I should say they were there lout of curiosity. Some of them [were well dressed - the ordinary crowd that one might see on a Sunday or any day they were wearing their better clothes, this concluded the evidence of Mr. Covey.
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