THE KYEBURN MURDER.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 5779, 27 August 1880, Page 2

THE KYEBURN MURDER.

;' -'■--•-■ -• [BY;TELEGBAPH.i 1~;. ""';;- ---'! ' '■ •■: •'. ' Naseby, August 26fchy : Atthe.Kesident Magisjtrata's; Court to-day Ah Lee (alias L9e Tow) arid .Lee Guy. ware, brought up;charged (oh remand) with the murder of Mrs Yduag. Mi- Robinson,.RM., and Measra Mackenzie, Busch, and Hjorring.J.P.'si, constituted thei Bench.1 Commissioner Weldon, with'him: Inspector-Hick¥on;'repre3ented" the' police. Mr Rowlatt.appeared on behalf of both prisoners. JThe' charges previously laid were withdra'wnj~and one of murder" against Lee Guy'iwas substituted.;; All witneaaei were, ordered out of Court. ' ' ' '4

! :E,. H._ Browne, 0.E.-, sworn, said he knew the locality of the murder, and had made a plan.of the ground.according to.scale.-. ~ ... ; ' The plan' was "prb'ducsd and admitted!. '. ! Alexander _ M'Hardy, sen.', was then kwoyn, and ■ gave evidenoa similar': to - that •' previonsly given by him. He saidjthat Lee Guy had come to his .house early .en, the,mornirig of. August ilth, asking hiud togo down to Mra Yonug's. He had done so, and,.after telling Mrs M'Oarthy, he..went ; to;N"as9by for a doctor and the police. .';—.: o ," ; During this witness' examination the'question of interpretation came np. —Mr Weldon askedthat Wong Ah Tack Bhpuld interpret/: instiad of Wong Grye; as at last hearing. Mrßowlatt, !who had with him Albert Ijeong Chung, inter■preter, to watch the interpretation on behalf of jthe defencej objected to Wong Ah Tack as hot the dialect of the accused^ aiid said he had reason to believe' him unfair.. Me jWeldon said Wong Ah Tack always interpreted in Dunedin, and was thoroughly trustworthy.-' i "The. Bench .decided; 'thaf'Wong Ah Tick' 'should iaterpret, and that Wong Gye should be sworn.and be referred to in case of diaputeik-'"; I At 1 p.m. the Court adjourned for an lour.-:-"*'; i^.-;:.-:^~^ i :iy-■ ,:Xl' ■'■': ''"I "/-. i -~'' i'" i'

i - Oa resuming, M'Hardy was cross-examine A ;by Mr Rowlatt. ' He said he knew Mrs Young jvery well. She usually, went to bed between 9, 'and 10 o'clock,'and rose early.* When hs went !to the house he Wassober, and had no drink at *hia house. When he went 'into--the' housed jbetween .11 and 12, o'clock, he looked towards 'Mrß YouDg'a house. There was'no light, and 'all seemed quiet. Mra Young had a dog, which used-to bark-.at strangers, but hs never knew, it ;to bark at Lea Gay. His own dog used to bark at any unubual noise. He was' always in the house. ' '■ ,

; Mrs I?orgie was the next witness, and was proceeding to give evidence as to what she asked Mrs Young and .what Mts Young said when

Mr. KowlattV objected that unless; if*was proved that the deceased .was. conscious sad knew she was going to die, such evidence wae not admissible. " :"'

;_ Mr Weldon said he would prove this' as far as it could be rrjyed. ■■■■"' •" . ; The witness resumed : She leaned over Mrs Young. She thought Mrs' Young knew her. In answer to questions at. different times as to whether it was ; Englishmen, orwhether it was iChinamen, the deceased said distinctly " yes " and "no."---

; Margaret M'Carthy will be: the next witness.; ■ . : ; : :-..--.