Infant Daughter of Foo Hoy
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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Kick her
By juror – When did she find out it was in the shaft. Did not know the child was in the shaft
By the coroner – How was it that she told Archer the Constable where to find the child on Sunday? She denied telling him.
By a juror – Did you ever ask Chee Quy what he had done with her child. He did not tell her anything – did not answer the question.
By a juror – How many days was Chee Quy here when child was born?
He left day after the child was born.
Yong King Soo Lang
BC Archives, GR-0431 Box 1 File 7 / BRITISH COLUMBIA. ATTORNEY GENERAL. / Inquisitions / inquests conducted by coroners in British Columbia.