'The hearing took place before Mr. Magistrate, in HM. Police Court last week of the case of Yusuf Din, Mohammedan, who is charged with' the murder of a Chi-nose in a brawl which occurred at the comer of Chusan and Yochow Ronds, Chapei, on August 2
Mr, Victor Priestwood appeared for the Crown Adv tate and Mr. F, G. Livingstone led.
he first witness?*h...2-Was Mr.
Wilton, Assistant Land master a es tun Peart a aid One 5 to proceed to Section A of the Eastern District, in the Chapei area, to make certain plans of a portion of, it.
Tsung Ho-Yung, a, photographer employed by Hwa Fong, was the next to give evidence. He stated That on August at about 11 am. he was ordered by the Chapel Police to proceed to Sung Ching. alleyway to take a photograph of a dead body. Arrived there he found the body of young Chinese man lying in a col of blood. Asked to. point out the position of the body on the plan-map witness found some dif.
doing so, saying that he was not familiar with the district. The negative of a photo was then Produced and identified by him as The one he had taken, Hotographer employed by the S.M.C. followed, and identified a number "of photographs of the Scene of the crime that he had taken on August 6, marking on the plan the position from which each had. been shot.
Evidence was then given by Dr. 'Thomas 'Menzies Burton of, having attended at Shao Shing Guild in Ghapei," on August 5 in, company with Dr. Wei and several officials, inspect a corpse ina coffin, The Body Was not removed, he said, and only a superficial examination' was made." 'The body was partially decomposed, particularly the face Which had commenced to disintegrate, When the clothes were removed from the upper part of the trun linear' wound was, disclosed between the fourth and fifth ribs on the left side of the body. Frag ments of lung tissue were protruding through the wound which, said, indicated that deen penetrated by a sharp instrument. He was unable to say when ther any of the larger blood vessels had been' touched. He. identified the deceased, from a photograph produced in Court, Witness stated Phot uch" a wound could have caused death bat whether if did'so inc this instance it was impossible to affirm as no post-mortem bad been held. ere *Gross-examined by the counsel, for the defence, witness, stated: that the man had been dead three or, four days, whet' jte!saw! the body-and that considerate ylalence, must have been used -tovainiict sich"a wound im an exceptionally vulnerable plicet lived sat, 28 Lik Tsoone-Li, where "she was the No. tenant, and resided in the kitchen downsiaits. She gave a. lengthy] version of events" leading to. the alleged murder and stated that Various Irnidian' watchmen, includ Ing "ecuted "would of' allow a chant to remove his belongings.
The evidence of Dr.
Dunseombe, "registered practitioner and' director of. the BIM.C. medical laboratory, was inter posed in that of Tong Woo-s2, Dr, Dunscombe stated that he had examined the knife (exhibit 1) for Floodstains. He found traces of blood on the blade, in quantities too small to. determine whether they were human or not, Hoong Ni'pao, Chinese woman, corroborated the, statements. of Hoong. Kat-fah, a carpenter, the "removal of' whose furni-tire led up to the death of 'Tseu largely. corroborated. that previous witnesses. He mentioned! ne. Zee Ching-chun, a friend, who came to visit him on the day" in lestion. Witness stated in. court! that he heard cries of "Wel" after Which he saw an' Indian running away: "he saw the latter's face Profile and recognised accused as the Indian: he had seen him once twice before."
Gross-examined, he stated that he did not report' at the police sta tion, but. showed his landlady, Tong, do. soy as he did. not owe by. vent, "After. the stabbing'
witness did not go to. the ation, ain allowed the landlady to go, a8 she had suggest ed the Femoval of the furniture and
the station, had paid the original put-t0 "Zee Ching-chuan, who described himscit ass broker, stated: that he went to visit Hoog Kai-fah on Aug. 2'at, tifin time, as Hoong had told him he was moving. He walked out into the alleyway, and. saw Sz Nycinegee and set moving furni-tute, "As he Walked up and down in the lower part of the Zing Shing he saw the pair carrying & table Then an Indian, whom he recogni court. ay the accused, rei UD and. shouted "Wel"
'The indian struck with his stick at Teeu, who seized it and said "Let us' go tothe police A'struggle for the" possession "of the stick ensue eas. then fow "the Indian take somethin from his belt and strike at Tse body. "'Tseu then "eried out pain and stumbled towards witness: who caught him in his arms, ble Wats not long before Teeu's clothes Ing from a wound inthe body. Tt
Were saturated with blood.
Witness stated that he held Tseu his arms, without trying. to do thing for hm until pace of about four minutes, During this time a crowd had gathered. Then witness put Tseu's body. on the ground." Five minutes later the police arrived. Witness. ware ed over Tsed's body for over. hour; he did not see the body removed.
The next time he saw the Indian
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