"Have you ever handcuffed any other foreigner behind the bar?" asked—counsel. "No," replied witness. "I have never dealt with other foreigner so violent, insolent, and furious as Maguire.
Witness explained that he meant by violent, "'somebody very excited, angry, yelling, violent, behaving like a madman." He gesticulated and raised his voice, "Very much as you are doing now," suggested Mr. Newman, "Moi!" exclaimed witness in surprise, while his Honour remarked that he had been writing notes at the time and had misned any. explosion, if there had been one. (Smiles).
Couneel then questioned witness regarding the length of time Mr. Maguire had worn the handcuff Witness denied that it was as long as 20 minutes behind the bar.
Not more than a few seconds in the charge room, a few seconds on the station steps as he signalled the ear, and in the car to the British consulate. He had had no intention of humiliating Mr. Maguire in front of his friends. "Why keep them fon at the consulate?" asked Me.
Newman. "Because Mr, Maguico refused to have them removed, replied witness.
The Error in the Warrant Re-examined by Mr. Badeley, witness explained the error precuring the warrant, saying that he had come "to the consulate but had not been able to find the Assessor, and had sent 1 reliable Chinese "later, having no foreigner available. This Chinese had been sent to an address in Peking Road and had seen Mz. Burdett, who had no seal with him and, it was alleged, had sent him to the Senior Consul's Depaty.
In reply to his Honour witness: admitted that he knew the warrant. was irregular. He said it was his duty to question prisoners when he was in charge of the case, and this was usually, done in his office. There were regulations they had to follow in questioning.
The prosecution then called Set. Jean Rey of the French Police who was on duty in the. charge room
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