H. E. Peck, Det. Supt, SMP, said' that, in' response to a\ tele: Phone cail'from Det.-Sgt. Grubb, he went to the China United Building. By accident, -he went up to the sixth floor inthe same lift Capt. Harvey and Major Jervoi The door of the room was, witness thought, opened by Det-Set. Grab." Witness described the Position of the body and said th a hat stand had fallen near the body amd some walking sticks, golf clubs and a. sword which were. in the hat stand lay across the body. "The automatic pistol was lying under the left wrist and to'" certain extent was hidden by the wrist and body. When the photograph (produced) was taken, the Pistol was placed ina position where it could be visible, The tol, when found, was empty with the magazine in' it, Three bullet marks were found all in different. directions at the following heights. from the floor:—4 ft, 6 in.: 3. ft. bullet wound in the deceased's chest and another in the back about four inches lower than that in the chest. There were no marks of burning, no signs of a struggle and nothing was disturbed in the room.
Counsel for the defonce:—Were you struck by the smallness of the pantry?—Yes.
Tf a pistol was fired by a person standing inside the pantry at other inside the pantry, could you imagine anyone missing, three shots sing "in diferent directions, in such a siaall space?—No.
Dr. S. K. Ting and Dr. F, D, Zau deposed that they examined the body, the former's examination taking place in the China United Duilding"and the latter's examina~ tion at the Public Mortuary. They agreed that the entry wound was the one in the chest and the exit wound inthe back. The bullet Probably passed through "a largo Blood vessel or through the In the Intter ease, death would have been instantaneous. There was post-mortem examination.
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