His Worship—What does he mean by tipao? A dustman?"
Mr. Reader Harris—In this connexion it sounds like an undertaker. But a tipao is a man who keeps a register of land.
His Worship—I though perhaps might be a scavenger.
Continuing, witness said he was in gain all over and cried out, hereupon a Chinese came forward and gagged him with a dry towel.
Gabbutt thrashed him for three or four minutes, and the towel was then removed from his mouth, upon which witness confessed that he had left the money at No. 40 Jessfield Road, the house of Mr. Chang.
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