The Archive · 1939

Struck With Spear

Feroze Din, a. Hindu, employed as an S, M.P. watchman at 650 Szechuen Road stated that he lived at 73 Hwakee Road. On August 24, at 9.30 p.m., he met the complainant, Jetha Singh, on the corner of Hwakee and Seward Roads, Jetha Singh was drunk, the witness stated, but was able to answer questions put to him by the witness, and was able to walk normally. After talking for a few minutes, they walked together for about 15 yards and then saw Sodagar Singh on the pavement in front of his house. Jetha Singh went and sat down on Sodagar Singh's bed and the witness went into his house and up to his bedroom, "Then, just as I was taking off my jacket" the witness said, "someone shouted 'I am being beaten' in Hindustani. I looked out of the window and saw that Jetha Singh was lying on the ground. I ran outside. Sodagar Singh was striking Jetha Singh with a spear. I saw him strike Jetha on the leg, but I noticed that Jetha was also bleeding from the head. The spear was made of iron and attached to a bamboo stick, and the spear head was about a foot long."

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