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− | 1st Witness,
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− | William Morgan, having
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− | been duly sworn states, I knew
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− | the deceased Chinaman, his
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− | name is Ah Yun. He was
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− | working with me in No 3-
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− | Level, in the inside Stall.
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− | about half past 1.O.Clock P.M.
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− | on the 9th instant the last
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− | boy had come in & I told him
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− | that as soon as he had filled
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− | that boy he could go home.
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− | I was working in the face taking
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− | out some loose coal after a
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− | shot & about 5 or 6 feet from
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− | the Chinaman. After he com-
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− | menced to fill the boy I sent
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− | back for a sledge & passed
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− | him going & returning. I used
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− | the wedge & was in the ast of
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− | taking out the loose coal when
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− | I heard a fall close behind me
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− | & on looking round I could
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− | see no light, I called out
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− | "So-hu" where are you received
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− | no answer. I immediately jumped
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− | back to the boy & saw the man
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− | lying under it with his head
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− | close
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− | BC Archives GR-0431
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− | Box 2
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− | File 6
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− | BRITISH COLUMBIA. ATTORNEY GENERAL
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− | Inquisitions/inquests conducted by coroners in British Columbia
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