Referring to the visit of the thre men from Nanziang on a blackmalling mission, Mr. Newman asked: Who suggested' that the police: should be communicated with'
Witness—When I arrived at the office that morning I found Harvie in conversation with the men, Upon ascertaining the purpose of their visit I was extremely anxious, because they were presenting me with an opportunity of tamper= ing with the evidence. I wax Labouring under a terrible temptation to associate myself with a blackmail scheme and swerve from professional duty not to tamper with the evidence. Then Kentwell came in and I told him distivetly that the three men said they had incriminating evidence which they offered to suppress if he would pay them the huge sum of $50,000—the amount they' sa: d they would—be able to get from the French Police if they surrendered the document, Before putting that point to Me Kentwell, Thad honestly, that is, me to handle the Presented with this temptation to suppress what was probably incriminating evidence, or what might have been. incriminating evidence, Of course he knew the truth and did not regarding the case. Finally, I yielded to the suggestion that should put the point to him before T took action, and as suen as T told him they wore there to surrender the document in consideration money, Kentwell said: "Collar them." So the suggestion to arrest these three men came distinctly and absolutely from Mr. Kentwell and not after any advice by me, Witness was not cross-examined, and the ease for the defence wa then closed.
Counsel's Speech for the Defence Adilressinge the jury on behalf of accused, Mr. Newnan first dealt with the evidence of accomplices and He pointed out that all for the pro. secution were accomplices, and em: Dhasized the consequent ease with Which they could make the' facts of their evidence fit the crime. The prosecution fac to prove -not, only that the crime was committed, but that Kentwell committed it, and as to this there was no evidence at all. Te was true that accused applied fo: the protection notice for the. Nan-long house, that he lived at Warren Road, and' that he went. on the houseboat, but tacso facts were not corroborative: of forgery. Nothing had been said by the " prosecution which Kentwel! had not satinfaetorily explained.
Accused was entitled to nequittal on the ground alone that there was ho evidence corroborating the story of the accomplices.
"Lam not asking you," Mr. Newman continued, "to give accused the benefit of the doubt. In this ease there is no doubt whatever. T agree that on the evidence at the preing there was a answer, but now Kentwell's story, T ask you to say that this is not a ease where it becomes necessary sk for the benefit of the doubt."
Proceeding, Mr. Newman phasized that the Chinese informer ed Kontvwelt's name to the French Police before the arrest; nor did Tsu Meng-yung tell them he had obtained the notes from Kent well. "If he had so obtained them hho would have said so immediately upon being arrested—the most ly time for getting the truth,
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