He said there was an irresistible assumption that the deceased had ied as a result of blows from one for more persons at the camp. There was a grent discrepancy in accounte of what actually transpired and what fighting tonk place. He touche ced upon the conulition of the who, on the evidence witnesses, was Mlrunk."
After elaborating on various dits ferences in testimonies, counsel minded the court that' in the eas of Chinese witnesses such as thes had heard, who were of the pot class and low mentality, there wai, the difficulty of interpretation ande fear, and it was possible that some of their contradictions: to these, After elaborating, further fon the question of discrepancies me the evidence, counsel said that in Inve for him tos prove that the blow was struck byy the accused: it was only necessanye to prove that he had acted. with others or alone, The fact of the blame being shared by another dich not relieve one of the blame, id,_In regard to the second charge the same remarks applied. The. accused had stated himself that he struck the man, The Desire for Money In his reply Mx, Wing compliment" ed Mr, Preston on the very fam: way he had conducted the proseeur tion, He said that it was not question of the death of Tsang Shaan Hang the court had to consider, tut all that mattered was whether thy accused was responsible. It waw the burden of the prosecution. to. establish the facts.
By his admission that some of th: nesses might be due to interpreter tion and fear, counsel contended that, the pros tion threw overboard half! its evi lence. The prosecution realiz~ Jed that "the whole of the Chinoaaevidence is a tissue of lies from start: to finish." To counsel for the pear secution's reasons for contradiction, misinterpretation and fear, he might id greed, the desire of the Chineaato get money for themselves, He then went into Tsang Sia mau' story which he called "blatant lies." He touched upon points where, he said, it was impossible that the, boy's story could be true, suggested that the court should gant all the boy's evidence in tha Tight of the first part of it, while was false, The hot water coolie wha, gave evidence he described as "the, most hopeless liar ever introduced into " court of justice." He hat spent three hours trying to got something oat of him and the maw Tied from start to finish, The accused made an honest cement Liewl. Strong, the orderly officer on ight in question, that he struck 2 Chinese, If he had not done that,
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