Having heard the evidence do you wish to say anything in answer to the charge?

You are no obliged to say any thing unless you desire to do so; but whatever you say will be taken down in writing, and may be given in evidence against you at your trial.

Through the Interpreter, Yip South. The above having been read to the prisoner Ah Keong he declined to make any statement

Williams Leigh CPC December 17, 1879 Interpreter Yip South [illegible]