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

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Q He spoke to the people outside, and told them to go home, what happened then  ? A He say "You cursed; that is, the people outside speak to Ah Fat Q Did he recognize who spoke, did he recognize the voice  ? A He says 5 or 6 people speaking outside, but he said that is all he can recognize the voice of Nam Yuen and On, and they say You "better look out, we cut you to death, cut you both to death tomorrow. Q Who said that ? A Nam Yaen and On and other speak. MR. TAYLOR: What he say Nam Yuen ? INTERPRETER: He say You cursed. MR. TAYLOR: Nam Yuen and Wong On both say that? INTERPRETER! They say that to Ah Fat. They say you Cursed  ; he means You curse from outside; he say You look out, you both look out, we are going to cut you both to death tomorrow. Q What happened then ? A So they left; the whole crowd ran away. Q Did the witness say anything else further ? Did they say any thing more to them that night  ? A They left shortly after, I left too. They went away shortly after. I left too. Q They went away and shortly after he left; now where was he the next night, Saturday night  ? A He went to Quann's room about half past 12 on Saturday night. Q He went to Mann Quann's room about half past twelve Saturday night ? A Yes. Q Tell him to go on and tell us what took place. A When I went to Quann's room, Quann was at work. He at work In theatre. BC Archives GR-0419 BRITISH COLUMBIA. ATTORNEY GENERAL Box 100 File 1904/10 Attorney General documents.