Charged with the murder of a factory coolie, - Said Akbar, an "Indian watchman, was tried at the British Supreme Court on January 9 before Judge G. W. Kings oat, and a jury of twelve.
Mr, Victor Priestwood appeared for the Crown,' and Mr. Tycho Wing for the accused, while Mr, RWS. Winter watched on behalf of the police. The jury consisted of the following:—Messrs, G. A. Johnson, C. J. Head, 'T. Hutchinson, Stanbury, 'T."P. Main, Berry, 0. L. Tibert, A. P. Sutherland, 'A, Rothery, 'A. Hanson, W. Marshall, and E. Payne Counsel for the Crown outlined the cage to the court saying that on October 21, Inst, a dispute arose between the accused and the deceased who were both employed in the China Amalgamated & Wire Products Ca,, situated at No. 90 Linching Road, over the stamping of a timecard. It was alleged that the coolie came a little over-time and entered the accused's hut, seeing he was not there, in accused's absence, but anxious to get his ard stamped, The watchman then returned, it was stated, and '8 quarrel took place as the accused did not like having anyone stepping into his room, the prisoner it was stabbed the deceased, heart, and he dropped to th ground where he lay groaning; An eye-witness of the incident in-Formed the foreman of the factory, Who, sooing the deceased lying on the ground, went away to report to the assistant manager, Mr. Englemann, who, in turn telephoned ithe police. "During all this time, it was said that a number of the workers found the deceased on the ground bleeding and, after hearing a version of what' it was all bout, attacked the accused, who sustained a broken leg a fractured skull, The police arrived on the scene under. Det.-Sgt. Wilson and both Aeceased and prisoner were removed in an ambulance which arrived shortly after. The deceased died six days after he had been admitted to hospital and an inquest war. held over his body at the Public Mortuary.
Mr. Wing's main defence was that the deceased did not die through the stab wound and that not one of the witnesses including the doctors, had boon certain that the body Which the inquest was hold over was that of that of the doceasad coolie. No-one identified
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