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1914/195 Rex vs. Lem How – attempted murder

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7 Q You are a Solicitor Mr. Grant, in the City of Vancouver? A. Yes
 
7 Q You are a Solicitor Mr. Grant, in the City of Vancouver? A. Yes
  
8 Q Will you tell the Court where you were and what you did and what you heard on the day of the murder?  A. The day after. The day after the murder, I was engaged over the ‘phone to get out two Chinaman who had been arrested on an affy.[?]
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8 Q Will you tell the Court where you were and what you did and what you heard on the day of the murder?  A. The day after. The day after the murder, I was engaged over the ‘phone to get out two Chinaman who had been arrested on an affay.
  
 
MR. RUSSELL: Objected to. General evidence of that kind is not admissible. Engaged over the ‘phone by whom?
 
MR. RUSSELL: Objected to. General evidence of that kind is not admissible. Engaged over the ‘phone by whom?
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MR. RUSSELL: At this moment, I interpose a positive objection. Mr. Grant has sworn he is a Solicitor; he has sworn to a retainer, not a direct retainer, but a retainer on behalf of the Complainant in this case. He appears to obtain the Bail Bond according to his account, and he then appears for him to obtain an adjournment and now he purports to
 
MR. RUSSELL: At this moment, I interpose a positive objection. Mr. Grant has sworn he is a Solicitor; he has sworn to a retainer, not a direct retainer, but a retainer on behalf of the Complainant in this case. He appears to obtain the Bail Bond according to his account, and he then appears for him to obtain an adjournment and now he purports to
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BC Archives GR-0419 Box 193 File 1914/195 / BRITISH COLUMBIA. ATTORNEY GENERAL. / Attorney General documents.

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W. POLLARD GRANT: called as a witness being first sworn testified as follows:

MR. RUSSELL: I interpose an objection to Mr. Grant’s evidence. When the case against the Accused came on, my learned friend Mr. Cowan for the Prosecution, asked that all witnesses be excluded. The order was made for the exclusion of the witnesses. Mr. Grant, who is now called as a witness, remained in the Court room and heard all the evidence. He may have remained as Counsel, but he is a witness now. It is proposed to call him as a witness, and his evidence must be taken subject to the objections I raise.

QUESTIONS BY MR. COWAN:

7 Q You are a Solicitor Mr. Grant, in the City of Vancouver? A. Yes

8 Q Will you tell the Court where you were and what you did and what you heard on the day of the murder? A. The day after. The day after the murder, I was engaged over the ‘phone to get out two Chinaman who had been arrested on an affay.

MR. RUSSELL: Objected to. General evidence of that kind is not admissible. Engaged over the ‘phone by whom?

A. By Lim Sang; he is a Chinese Merchant carrying on business on Carrall Street in the City of Vancouver. I obtained bail for the Accused and the Informant. I think the bail was twenty five dollars each.

MR. RUSSELL: The evidence is objected to. It is not shown that there was any connection or authority between the Complainant and this man who retained Mr. Grant.

A: Subsequently on the following day I appeared in the Police Court for the Accused and for the Informant and had the case adjourned for a week.

MR. RUSSELL: At this moment, I interpose a positive objection. Mr. Grant has sworn he is a Solicitor; he has sworn to a retainer, not a direct retainer, but a retainer on behalf of the Complainant in this case. He appears to obtain the Bail Bond according to his account, and he then appears for him to obtain an adjournment and now he purports to

BC Archives GR-0419 Box 193 File 1914/195 / BRITISH COLUMBIA. ATTORNEY GENERAL. / Attorney General documents.