The Archive · 1936

Lane No, 044, Hart Road

'AL the conclusion of the inquest, the Procurator returned a verdict of death due to wounds received from being chopped with a chopper and assaulted with a hammer. The body was ordered to be removed for burial by the representative of the Jewish Communal Association and the police were instructed "to apprehend the assailant or assailants of the deceased, Police evidence was to the effect that a female Chinese alleyway sweeper named Yao Yung-sz found the deceased's body and, when police attended, they found the deceased had apparently been murdered with 2 chopper and a hammer by person' persons at present unknown, The ady had been examined by the Council doctor, as the deceased was first alleged tobe a British subject, Yeo Yung-sung, witness, told the Procurator that he did not hear any alarm raised by the deceased when ho was murdered, Witness said he didn't see any friend calling on the deceased who lived in his house alone,

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