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1904-10 Rex vs. Wong On and Wong Gow – murder (at the Chinese theatre)

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son. Dr. Robertaon came twenty minutes after that, and I found when I returned from phoning that In the meantime the Chinamen had carried the deceased upstairs. Q Do you know Mr. Carson whether the deceased was in the same position, or did he appear to be in the same position as when he was thrown down, or when you first arrived on the scene we will say had he been moved  ? A I don't know how he could have from the fall he received; he seemed to have been laying in the some position. Q Now have you seen that Chinaman since— do you know what became of that Chinaman  ? A I understand that he died at 6 o'clock in the morning. Q Did you see the body afterwards ? A No, I did not. ft Did any conversation take place between the Chinamen so far as you could tell and the man you saw on the stage while you were there ? MR. TAYLOR: (Interrupting)  : 'What is that  ? Q I want, to see whether he was unconscious or conscious. MR TAYLOR: Ask him. if he was unconscious. WITNESS: The deceased and the other Chinamen were speaking it seemed to me apparently rational. Q They were speaking in Chinese ? A Yes. Q And while you were there-- let me understand you-- when you telephoned f<r the Doctor was it then they moved him upstairs ? A During; the time. A And then you came back ? A Yes. ft And did you go upstairs ? A When I arrived back with the Doctor Sargent Walker was there. BC Archives GR-0419 BRITISH COLUMBIA. ATTORNEY GENERAL. Box 100 File 1904/10 Attorney General documents.