Balwant Singh, the Indian watchman who was committed for Jona charge of shooting another Indian, Hira Singh, with intent, to murder, appeared before His Honour Judge Sir Skinner Turner and jury in H. M. Supreme Court on Tuesday. The jury comprised Messrs. N. B. Ramsay, E. J. Mother-sill, B. L. Cheetham, K. G. Josep! and G. TH. Bichard. After a trial Tasting three and a half hours Bulwant Singh was found guilty of attempted murder, but was strongly recommended for merey on account of extenuating circumstances divulged in the evidence for the defence. His Lordship accepted the jury's rider, and passed sentence of three years" imprisonment with hard] labour.
Mr. H. P. Wilkinson (Crown Ad-snd vocate) "and Mr.
Maitland appeared for the prosecution; Mfr.
Seddon defended.
The Crown Advocate, opening, said that the accused was a watehman employed in the Hongkong [Shanghai Bank, and went on to out-Tine the case for the prosecution, which was fully reported in these columns when the accused was} initially charged before Mr. G. W.
month.
King, in HOM, Police Court tas Hira Singh said by was a watchman employed at 233, Kiukiang] Road. He had known the accused, Bulwant Singh, for about a month Previous to the shooting on August] 8, Witness remembered seeing accused three days before the altair, when the latter called at Hira's partook of some win was given a second dram, and this" he threw to the ground, This made Hira angry, and he lapped Bulwant two or three times! jand pushed him from the room, Accured was also angry, asserted witness, and replied with two slaps, Coming to the shooting, witness said that he saw accused at about, 1130 am. on August 3 when on duty outside his hong in Kiukiang Road. They spoke together for rome minutes, in quiet tones, and! suddenly Bulwant pulled a revolver from a basket he was carrying and shot witness four times. The pair were then standing about two paces apart. There was another Indian present named Man Din who was standing just within the doorway of wesx's hone. After firing the shots Bulwant ran away in the rection of the race course,
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