John Marshall et al
As part of the Chinese Historical Wrongs Legacy Initiative, we’ve digitized a small selection of inquests and inquiries from 1872 to 1934, found in series GR-0431. These were chosen to reflect the experiences of early Chinese immigrants to B.C. – their living and working conditions, and their unfortunate accidental or unusual deaths. They range from a woman working in a brothel in Barkerville who died of natural causes to three sawmill workers who died from malnutrition. Learn more.
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Do you want that to stand in the face of what we have heard? A;- No, Your Worship, as far as I can say, I saw no lights. Q;- Now. Mr Hutchison what did you make your statement so positively when you were finishing your evidence-in-chief? Mr Cowan;- As far as I could see. Coroner;- This statement you swore then with readiness "so help you God", will you qualify that statement? Do you want to qualify that retracted that you were mistaken? A;- If I have made a mistake, I put in the words as far as I could say. Mr Cowan;- You didn't see any? A;- I didn't see any. Q;- Could you see as positively as the man on the side, supposing you were outside the car, than in it? Could you see more distinctly outside the car than in it? A;- Well- Q;- Was there any wind that night? You wouldn't be running if you were walking on the street,- was there any wind that night? A;- No. Q;- Then Johnson on the street would far more likely be able to see better than you? A;- Yes. Q;- Johnson swears he saw the light? A;- Yes. Q;- Now chances are Mr Hutchison there was something to obstruct your view, in front of you or the driver? A;- Yes. Q;- In the front seat there was at least three or four passengers, the driver, at the outside four? A;- Well, yes. Q;- Besides that you had to see through the windshield? A;- Yes. Q;- A;- Well, no, as far as I could see across the bridge