My name is Tsang Zai Ching,' aged 24, native of Ningpo. T was formerly a boy but now conduct my own business, 'Q—You were arrested on June 1 on Nanking Road?
A—Yes, about 10 o'clock.
Q-"What were you doing?
A—On that day I left my home at the West Gate and took a No.5 tram-car and alighted from it at the corner of Chekiang and Nanking Road. I wanted to go to Szechuen Road to see a friend. 1 could not get a tram, 80 I walked along until T saw a foreign pol man. [wanted to go to the other side of the read, and when T crossed the foreign policeman pointed his very dangerous and to the side of the road, motor car stopping there and T went round the back of car and got on to the pavement.
'Q—Did you have any intention to stop the traffic?
Q—Did you ever tear the top off moter ear?
A-No. Above me there is'Héa-ven, and below me there is earth:
In the midst there is my conscience.
and I was arrested on the pavement Q—You heard the testimony of the Police saying you were trying to stop tram cars end that you attacked a motor car. Do you deny that?
'A—With what they say J have nothing to do. I simply speak the truth according to my own conscience.
Mr. Maitland:—Two people saw you tearing the hood off the motor car and trying to stop the trams.
A—No.- 1 did not tear the hood of the car. Across the street a man. was pointing a pistol at re.
'Q—I put it to you, no pistol was [drawn instil after you were 'A—The pistol was pointed at me and 1 thought I could not walk there.
'Q—What were you doing to be arrested?
'A—I do not know. As soon ax 1 got to the pavement I was arrested fand I do not know what for, Q—Did you ask?
A—He did not say, he took me away without telling' me.
'Q—Did you ask him?
A—T did not.
Q—Did you not want to know why you were arrested?
A=They did not want to talk any reason with me, The policeman used the handle of his pistol and hit me on the head.
'Q—There was a big crowd there?
Assessor:—He said he saw this motor cart A—Yos, the motor car war standing still. I went round the back of it to the pavement.
Q—Did he sce a lot of people standing around it?
'A—When I came to the pavement} there was nobody there. They had all gone.
Q—The motor car was just standing by itself in the road?
'A—I did not see any person, Q—He did not, see any damage done to the cart A—I did not see any. The crowd was 80 big I had to take leave of myself.
'Q—Tell him to tell the truth, "The Police might have made a mi take and arrested the wrong man, but he cannot say he did not see the crowd, did not see any damage done to the car, or did not see anything at all.
A—When I was. passing the back of the car, really I did not seo any person surrounding it, 'Q—Did he try to cross the road twice, in spite of the fact that he saw the policeman pointing his pistol at him, did he not think it was high time for him to got out of the way 'A—At that time yes, I intended to got back to the pavement and go along to Szechuen Road.
Q—Did you think it was important enough to risk your life after having a pistol pointed at your 'A—When T thought walking in the road might be dangerous, I went to the pavement.
Q—Did he try it two times, and then go round the back of the car?
A—He did not go back to the pavement twice, ho went round the ear.
Q—Docs he not realize that it ix a very dangerous situation when he sees a foreigner pointing a pistol A—I thought I might not be permitted to go in front of the motor ear, but that I would not be prohibited if I went round the back of the ear.
Assessor-—His story doesn't gonnd very plausible, because any sensible man, socing all that trouble Poing on, and the policeman hold-ug a pistol at him when he ix crossing the street, will realize} that the trouble is very serious and. will not try to go across a second ie, that is, any man who is try-to get out of trouble. When an officer of the law waves a rovolver at him and he knows all the trouble is going on, he will certain! go back and try.to get out of trouble. He won't try ° to "get into it a'second.time. When I was in Peking-9 years age, during the 1917 trouble, I used to go tothe} public park' and,' ohe' afcernocn, suddenly there was-# soldier! who stamped his gun down. I never
went, back. When he said "Go back", I went back. I did not argue with him. Tell him want him to let that sink in, because T do not believe his story." He would not have tried to cross the street a second time if he had not been looking for trouble.
Accused, re-examined by Mr. Kiang:—Was there a big crowd in the street.
'A—At that, time the southern part of Nanking Road was filled with people. On the north sides there were not so many. When I saw the pistol I could not get back to the south side, therefore I went round the back of the ear Q—When you turned to the side and went round the back of the car, were you warned by the Policet 'A—No, they did not stop me.
(Court here adjourned for tiffin),
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