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1908/7 Rex vs. Ung Wing – shooting with intent to murder

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57- Q. And then how many chinamen do you think would be in Foo Long's place? A. In ghe afternoon?

58- Q. Yes, in the afternoon? A. I should judge there were six or seven.

59- Q. What were they all doing? A. There were two or three of them, lying asleep or kind of half asleep, smoking a pipe, and this chinaman ---

60- Q. The accused? A. Yes, was stanidng kind of corner-ways, with the table where he could look down to the street, eating. and I came in there, kind of quiet, and I came on them all of a sudden. And when I went inside of the door he kind of turned like that. So I could not see his face.

61- Q. That is he turned his back to you. A. Yes sir, he was sideways and he tunred his back to me. And I said Mr. Waddell and I looked at the chinaman on this side, and that side, and I said -----

Mr. J:- Objected to

Argument.

62- Q. Court:- Could the accused hear? A. Yes, I was then up close to him.

63- Q. And will you tell what conversation you had, and everything? Everything that occurred? And you can now tell what you said to Mr. Waddell, and all? A. And I said, "They are not [?] the men, the chinamen, I know them." And I looked at those of the other side, and I said, "They are not the men, for I know them too." And I said, "this must be him". And I turned him around. And I said, "that is the man". And I took out my hand-cuffs and put them on him.

64- Q. And what did the accused have to say? A. I asked the accused where he came from, and he said he was working ---- 65- Mr. J:- And do you speak Chinese? A. I spoke in English,

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BC Archives GR-0419 Box 124 File 1908/7 / BRITISH COLUMBIA. ATTORNEY GENERAL. / Attorney General documents.