1914/195 Rex vs. Lem How – attempted murder
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6 Q You saw Lem How, the accused and Lem Ho, and what were they doing? A. Yes I saw Lem How while I was persuading these people not to fight he ran towards me with an axe and gave me a blow on the nose.
7 Q With the axe? A. With the axe.
8 Q Did it cut you? A. Yes it was bleeding.
9 Q Do you know what became of the axe? After the blow was struck on my nose the axe I understand….
MR. COWAN: Understand?
90 Q Did you see what became of the axe? A. Yes I saw Chow Wah and a white man taking the axe away from him.
1 Q From whom? A. Lem How.
2 Q Then what did Lem How do? A. Then he ran away
3 Q In what direction? A. Then he ran towards the end of the street in the direction of the store called Yue Yee, and then finally I saw him supporting his brother.
4 Q Lem Ho? A. Yes.
5 Q Where? A. 556 ½ Shanghai Alley.
6 Q Did you follow them to the door of 556 ½? A. Yes, after they went upstairs I followed up
7 Q You followed upstairs? A. Yes.
8 Q Were you there when the Policeman came? A. Yes, I was there.
9 Q Was Lem How taken away by policeman? A. Yes
100 Q And you were taken along at the same time? A We both were taken away by the Policeman at the same time.
QUESTIONS BY MR. COWAN:
1 Q What is your occupation? Q. Working in a shingle mill
2 Q Whose shingle mill? A. Across the sea.
3 MR RUSSELL: What, across the Inlet, you mean? A. Yes.
4 Q What is the name of the shingle mill? A. I don’t know the name of the mill I only know the name of the boss.
5 Q What is the boss’s name? A. George.
6 Q George what? A. Everybody calls him George
7 Q Now you say it is across the Inlet? A. Yes the inlet.
8 Q In North Vancouver? A. I have to take the blue label car.