The opening of tenders for several County works, advertised to be lodged on the 27th inst., has been deferred until the next meeting of Council. The Chinese witnesses in the case on hearing in the KM. Court, Naseby, seemed to enjoy the legal difficulties that were raised, and Ah Lee, while in the box smiled, and seemed much amused, when he was told he need not say any* thing about the murder unless he liked. There was a broad grin on his face when he said he had nothing to Say about the affair. The other witness, Ah Kin, denied the truth of his statement outright, and tried to fasten it on the interpreter, who, he said, had told him to say what his confession contained. It is a great pity that no legal way could be found to put the confession in as evidence. Ah Lee's confession was not attempted to be put in, probably because it was known it would be useless.
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Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume X, Issue 572, 28 August 1880, Page 3
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