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

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facts as to what he has already stated. I regret exceedingly that it was not taken down. It was probably my fault -in not calling the Stenographer's attention to it. In the first place, he says he has never attended Sunday School, and what he knows has been taught him by a casual missionary. He never even heard of a Sunday School, and his parents although they were supposed to be Christians living in Canton they never taught him the meaning of the Scriptures— he has lived in Canton some 35 years, and he has been in Victoria for ten years, and he has not the faintest idea what Sunday means. COURT: What Sunday school means. MR. TAYLOR: I asked him what Sunday meant after and he could not tell, and you cannot say that any Christian does not know what the Sabbath means. MR. MORESBY: Of course my learned friend knows that that argument will not hold at all. COURT: We are supposed to administer the form of oath which is positively the most binding on him, and he swears here that the Bible oath is the most binding on him. MR TAYLOR: I do not think he said it was the most binding. COURT: (Addressing Yip wins, Interpreter): Just ask him again Wing which is the most binding. When I told you to ask him before I asked you to ask him which was the most binding, and I mentioned four different kinds of oath, and he stated that the oath on the bible was the most binding. INTERPRETER: Yes. BC Archives GR-0419 BRITISH COLUMBIA. ATTORNEY GENERAL. Box 100 File 1904/10 Attorney General documents.