Asa Khan, Lascar ship's fireman Homiciled in Cardiff, made his first Jappearance in HM. Supreme Court yesterday charged with the murder of Andrew Stephen Ford, at Shanghai on August 13. Ford, a 55-year cld London member of the crew of the Cardiff collier, s. Salvus, was found lying badly injured about the head on the forecastle deck of the ship soon after she had arrived in Shanghai, and, after investigations by the Shanghai Municipal Police and the Customs River Police, Asa Khan was charged with Ford's murder, the preliminary hearing of the case in HM. Court lasting several days.
Yesterday's trial was by a jury and was heard before Judge P. Grant Jones. Mr. Victor Priestwood, Crown Advocate, prosecuted, while Mr. K. E. Newman represented Asa Khan. The jury consisted of Messrs. H. E. Bayliss, R. G. Currie, G. S. McGill, J. C. Burgess, R. Baldwin, J. McFarlane, S. F. Harvey, W. M. Chalmers, A. F. Judd, E. J. Grainger, G.S.O. Mayne, and L. J. Hughes.
Before calling any witnesses the Crown Advocate acquainted members of the jury with the facts of the case and gave a definition of the meaning of the word murder. Mr. Priestwood added that he would be calling fifteen witnesses.
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