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1884/16 Ah Keong, attempted murder, big scrap in Victoria’s Chinatown

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I saw a lot of men standing at the door with white handkerchiefs around their necks. Ah Keung was standing there, Ah Kow and Ah [?] had an iron bar in his hands Ah [?] had something like a big nail, Ah Kow came and struck me with the iron bar first, they all commenced and struck me I got dizzy and I tried to get inside the house, I was struck on the side of the chin and the blood ran along my shoulder I was struck with something on the shin that went through my clothes. I was also struck on the knee, I was struck on the left ear. I could not tell which struck me they were all around me the five prisoners in the dock are the persons who surrounded me and their names are [?], Ah Kow, Ah [?], [?] [?] , Ah [?]. When I came to my senses I was in goal.
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I saw a lot of men standing at the door with white handkerchiefs around their necks. Ah Keung was standing there, Ah Kow and Ah Shuk had an iron bar in his hands Ah Shuk had something like a big nail, Ah Kow came and struck me with the iron bar first, they all commenced and struck me I got dizzy and I tried to get inside the house, I was struck on the side of the chin and the blood ran along my shoulder I was struck with something on the shin that went through my clothes. I was also struck on the knee, I was struck on the left ear. I could not tell which struck me they were all around me the five prisoners in the dock are the persons who surrounded me and their names are . When I came to my senses I was in goal.
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To Mr Drake  this was on Tuesday last between 7 and 8 at night I went to the house on Fisgard street, next door to where [?] Kow was killed the second house from Store Street. This is the house I went to borrow the pipe it is a house of prostitution. I was not drunk. I was sober, There was Ah [] his wife and two there in the house I first went to I did not see any white persons there. I was in the house just time enough for her to let me have the pipe. I did not see any people in the street when I went in, there were more than 20 people in the street when
 
To Mr Drake  this was on Tuesday last between 7 and 8 at night I went to the house on Fisgard street, next door to where [?] Kow was killed the second house from Store Street. This is the house I went to borrow the pipe it is a house of prostitution. I was not drunk. I was sober, There was Ah [] his wife and two there in the house I first went to I did not see any white persons there. I was in the house just time enough for her to let me have the pipe. I did not see any people in the street when I went in, there were more than 20 people in the street when

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I saw a lot of men standing at the door with white handkerchiefs around their necks. Ah Keung was standing there, Ah Kow and Ah Shuk had an iron bar in his hands Ah Shuk had something like a big nail, Ah Kow came and struck me with the iron bar first, they all commenced and struck me I got dizzy and I tried to get inside the house, I was struck on the side of the chin and the blood ran along my shoulder I was struck with something on the shin that went through my clothes. I was also struck on the knee, I was struck on the left ear. I could not tell which struck me they were all around me the five prisoners in the dock are the persons who surrounded me and their names are . When I came to my senses I was in goal.

To Mr Drake this was on Tuesday last between 7 and 8 at night I went to the house on Fisgard street, next door to where [?] Kow was killed the second house from Store Street. This is the house I went to borrow the pipe it is a house of prostitution. I was not drunk. I was sober, There was Ah [] his wife and two there in the house I first went to I did not see any white persons there. I was in the house just time enough for her to let me have the pipe. I did not see any people in the street when I went in, there were more than 20 people in the street when