Person:Ann Hunt (35)

- - .The quiet neighbourhood of Glenluce
has been horrified by the murder of a little
girl, the daughter of a farmer named Hunt,
who for some time has resided at Glenluce.
The details of the crime will be brought
out at the inquest, but so far as we (M. A.
Mail) have been able to glean, it appears
that the murdered child attended a school
situated at about two miles distant
from her home. On Friday she went
to school as usual and did not return.
Her parents were naturally anxious at
her absence, and a search was instituted.
Glenluce and its surrounding localities is
full of prospectors' ravines and deep valleys,
besides being pretty well timbered. Through
this kind of country the girl, who was nine
years of age, had to walk daily. It was,
therefore, at the most surmised that sbe had
either only lost her way, and would he
easily recovered, or that, if any fatality
had overtaken her, it was by falling over
some rock. The search was continued as
far as possible during Friday night, and
on Saturday the unfortunate-child was
found in a small drive at the bottom
of a broad hole about five feet
deep, and quite dead. When discovered,
she was lying with her face uppermost, and
the drive was not long enough to admit
the whole of her body. The face was par-
tially covered with sand and leaves, and
inasmuch as some of the sand had passed
into the oesophagus there can be little
doubt but that she was alive when the sand
was forced into her mouth. On examina-
tion, it was evident. that she had been
beaten about the head, though not with
sufficient force to break any bones. There
had evidently been great pressure towards
the neck, and behind, both eyes heavy
blows with a blunt instrument had been
delivered. The deceased was a fine grown
girl, and she has doubtless been the victim
of some scoundrel who, failing to accom-
plish his first vile intent, deprived her of
life, probably to prevent her afterwards
identifying him. The child was seen by
one or two of her playmates a short time
before her life was taken, and we under-
stand that a Chinaman has been arrested
on suspicion of being the perpetrator of the
double crime. Drs Malcolm and Hare
examined the body, and yesterday Drs
M'Grath and Hutchinson were also sent to
examine, and will give evidence to-day.
It need scarcely be said that the police are
using every means which the claims of
justice and duty have on them, to bring
the murderer to the hangman's hands.

THE GLENLUCE MURDER.
(INQUEST OF THE BODY.)
The following was the evidence taken at
Glenluce at the inquest on the body of the
murdered child Hunt. Dr. Mackay, the district
coroner, held the inquiry. Mr Superintendent
Winch was also present, and aided to elucidate
the facts of the case.
Samuel Hunt deposed : I am a farmer and
dairyman, and reside at Glenluce. The de-
ceased, Ann Elizabeth Hunt, the subject of this
inquiry, was my daughter. She was nine years
of age last October, and was always healthy and
robust. On Friday, the 18th February, the de-
ceased Ann Elizabeth, left home for school about
8 a.m. that day. She was then in good health.
I saw her last when that day at breakfast. She
carried her books with her. There were no
marks about her face or any part of her body
when she left for school that day. The book
produced is tho one she took with her. She
usually returned between 5 and 6 p.m. The
distance between my house and the school is
about 2.5 miles. The only parties on the line of
road on which she was seen coming that night,
were the Chinaman and Mr Clifton. I have seen
the Chinaman now in custody several times at
my house, purchasing eggs and honey. There
were two other of my children at school with the
deceased, but when the school dismissed at night
the elder, and younger took a different road home,
as the deceased had to go with some money to
the schoolmaster, who lived in a direction off the
ordinary road home from school. I warned my
children several times not to go near the China-
men, as they told me they had chased them. The
Chinaman in custody is one of those who pre-
viously chased them. The elder girl told me
that the Chinaman in custody, Sing Yem, tried
to catch hold of her leg, as he said she had pulled
some melon plants of his in his garden. I am
not aware of their having ever been in his
garden. About 5 p.m. on Friday last, the 18th
inst., the little boy and my other daughter re-
turned home from school. They said to mother,
Annie had gone with the money for the yeast,
and that she was coming the other way home.
About sundown my wife got uneasy at the
deceased not coming home, sent the elder
girl to Mrs Clifton's to see if Annie was there. I
came home after sundown, and on hearing that
Annie had not returned, I got uneasy, and im-
mediately went in search of her. My daughter
Martha Ellen told me that the deceased was to
return, by the road close by the Chinese hut. I
went that road to look for her. I went to look
for her about half-past 7 p.m. I called at Mrs
Clifton's a mile from my house, and asked there
for the deceased, but they said they had not seen
her that day at all. She was generally in the
habit when returning that way from school to
slop at Mrs Clifton's. I then went to the school-
master's to inquire for her; he was not at home,
but his daughter Ellen told me she saw the de-
deceased nearly on top of the hill, going towards
Clifton's, between the school and the Chinnman's
hut. Leonard Naylor and myself and Mr. Clifton,
then went and searched all the holes. All the
neighbours also turned out with lights, and
searched every place, but we could not find her.
I went to the Chinaman's hut about 1 a.m. on
19th February, and put him out of bed and
asked him if he had seen my daughter, but he
said he did not see her at all that day. The
Chinaman lives alone in the hut. We dis-
continued our search for a short time, and com-
menced again about daylight on Saturday. We
went down by the Loddon all way to the
flume. I searched every place where we
thought she could have fallen. About a quarter
to 8 o'clock I came to a gully, and searched along
it in the holes till I came to the top. I there saw
a digger's paddock, I looked down and could see
nothing, but when going along the side of
the paddock in the direction of my house, my eye
caught the end of a drive. I then stooped down
and looked into it, and then saw the body. I
then jumped down into the place and put my
hand over the mouth to see if there was life. I
identified it immediately as the body of my
child. The drive was 18 inches from the bottom
of the hole, and about two feet-from the top. The
body was lying on its back, the feet inwards, and
the head towards the outer end of the drive, but
no part of the body exposed. The paddock was
an old deserted one. Immediately after I found
the body I cooyed to the others, who were search-
ing, who came, but we did not disturb the body
nor alter it from its position till the police came.
I saw some leaves at the bottom of the paddock,
and the sand was as if it had lately been turned
up. The hat produced was my deceased
daughter's hat; it was not so much torn as it is
now when she wore it. I left Mr Addley in charge
of the body in the drive till the police would
come.
Alfred Deforest deposed : - I am a student at
the Glenluce school, and knew the deceased Ann
Elizabeth Hunt. On Friday, after school hour I
saw her at our house. She left some money for
yeast with my mother. She did not stay any
length of time but went away home. The
shortest way from our house to her home would
have been by Clifton's, and the Chinaman's hut.
I never saw her alive after that. There was
nothing wrong with her when she was at our
house.
Robert J. Addley, who assisted to search for
the body, after giving corroborative evidence,
said "the only marks on the body were such as
could have been made by one on his knees push
ing something into the drive."
Henry Louis O'Hara deposed:- I am a
legally qualified medical practitioner, and reside
in Fryerstown. On Saturday last, about 8 a.m.,
I was called by Constable Bell to go to Glenluce.
I accompanied him to the place where the body
of a girl was found dead in a hole. The body
was lying on its back in a drive. The arms, were
lying close to the body; the legs were drawn up.
There was some blood running down from the
back of the head on the side of the paddock.
The body was taken out of the hole, and laid on
the surface near the paddock. The eyes were
closed, the hands were clenched, but contained
nothing but a small bit of gum, which was in one
of them. The clothing was entire. I saw the
mouth was filled with gravel, both inside and
outside the jaws. The cheeks were distended
with gravel and clay as if it had been pushed in
by some one. The gravel and clay resembled
and corresponded with that in the paddock. I
examined the head externally, and found two
wounds of the scalp over the temporal bone and
ear of the left side. One wound was down to
the bone, the other was not so deep. They
might have been made by means of a stone. The
wounds were made before death. The stone
produced could have made the wounds, or they
could have been made by the heel of a boot. The
forehead was much contused, but there were no
wounds. There was a superficial wound under
the left eye, over the malar bone. There were
contusions all over the front and sides of the
neck down as far as the collar bone. These
contusions could not have been made by an or-
dinary fall. My opinion is the contusions were
caused by pressure with foot on the neck.
There were scratches on the neck, as if they were
made by shoe-nails. There were abrasions on
the skin on both knees. I examined the organs
of generation. I did not find any wounds or
contusions externally. There was no swelling
of the labia. I found the upper edge of the hy-
men was torn, but not ruptured through. I
could not say if it had been torn recently. I ex-
amined the Chinaman in custody. I found a
recent abrasion on the left knee, under the pa-
tella. There was ecchymosis there, as well as
abrasion.
Thomas M'Grath, M.D., gave evidence of the re-
sult of the post mortem examination made in
conjunction with Dr Hutchison ; I think the
death was caused by having been first stunned by
violence then suffocated by pressure on the neck
and stuffing, the mouth with gravel and clay.
The ecchymosis at the parts was caused by
violence used there during life. The abrasion
on the knee, was of recent date.
Dr. Hutchison had given evidence similar to
that of Dr M'Grath. The Coroner briefly ad-
dressed the jury, who returned the following ver-
dict:-
" We find that Ann Elizabeth Hunt, aged nine
years, was found dead in a paddock drive, Emu
Hill, Glenluce, on tho 19th day of February, 1870,
and that her death was caused by having been
first stunned, and then suffocated by some person
or persons at present unknown, after attempted
violation of her person.

THE Mount Alexander Mail-.—We yesterday
visited the scene of Glenluce murder. The crime
still continues to terrorise some of the inhabi-
tants of the locality who naturally feel unwilling
to send their children to school with remem-
brance of Annie Hunt's death before their eyes.
Mr De Forest, the teacher of the common
school, is therefore a considerable pecuniary
loser. This is not the first brutal scene Glenluce
has witnessed. Twelve years ago a hawker was
murdered on the road from Melbourne, and
conveyed to this spot, and his body burnt not
far from where the unfortunate girl met her un-
timely. death. In reference to it the public hope
that the extraordinary efforts the police are
making will secure justice to the assassin.

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A reward of £100, and a free pardon to an accomplice, is offered for the discovery of the murderer of Ann Elizabeth Hunt, at Glenluce, on the 18th ult.

CASTLEMAINE POLICE COURT.
Friday March 11 th .
(Before Mr Heron, P.M. Dr. Meears, Messrs
Burnett, Ball, and Pearce,J.P.s.) ..
Murder. — Ah Peew was charged with having
murdered Annie Hunt, at Glenluce, on February
18th. Mr Superintendent Winch, who conducted
the case for the prosecution, said it was unneces-
rary for him to make any preliminary remarks,
his duty was to adduce evidence in support of the
charge. The case would be fresh in the memory
of the Bench. Mr Paynter appeared for the pri-
soner.
The following evidence was then taken
T. L. Brown, surveyor, produced the plan of
the ground at which the alleged outrage was
committed, with all the roads there, the huts,
residences, &c.
Senior-constable Bell, In charge of the Fryers'
police, stated he accompanied Mr Brown, and
pointed out the different places which he knew of
his own knowledge.
Samuel Hunt, deposed : "I am a farmer, resid-
ing at Glenluce, and father of the deceased child,
she was nine years of age the 30th of October,
last, she was healthy and robust. I remember:
Friday February 18th cannot swear I saw her
that morning, as I left home at half-past seven.
Did not see her alive after that hour. She was
in the habit of going to De Forest's School, two
miles distant from her home. The other two
children usually went with her. The eldest child
was aged 12 years. Returned home three times
in the day. The last time at sundown. Saw
two of the children returning home at half-past
four, they were the older girl and little boy. Went
out again and returned home at seven o'clock,
Annie was not then home. As the girl was not
home a general search was instituted by a number
of persons. ln the course of inquiry went to Sheng
Yem's hut. Mr Leicester was with him. On
the following morning went to Emu Gully, and
saw in a paddock that the sand was disturbed in
the deepest part of it. The paddock was six feet
deep. The sand was recently disturbed. Looked
round and saw nothing. Stooping down saw
the head of the child in the end of the drive. I
jumped down into the paddook, and put my
hand on the child's mouth to see if she was alive.
She was dead. The feet were in the drive. She
was on her back. Cooeed and someone came. Mr
Warburton apd Mr Addley were first to come.
Had previously sent for the police. Could not
say who came first to the cooey. Identify the
hat of my daughter, (produced). It is now torn.
And I also identify the girl's school book found in
the hole with her. Left Mr Addley in charge of
the body. There are two roads from the school
house to my house, one by Clifton's, and another
a more direct route. The girl Annie some
times came home alone as, she was sent with
errands. They generally came home together.
Knew the prisoner for three years ; the prisoner's
hut is one mile and three quarters from my house.
If the girl came home by Clifton's she would
have to pass Ah Peew's. The prisoner was
often at my house buying dairy produce. Pri-
soner was intimate with the. children, and always
brought them lollies. I believe the child would
have gone anywhere with him to get gum or
rabbits. The prisoner speaks a little English.
The paddock where the child was found he be-
lieved was less than 500 yards from the usual
track. The child was frightened of other China-
men.
During giving his evidence, the witness was
evidently suffering the deepest emotion, and was
unable to restrain his feelings.
Annie Elizabeth Hunt deposed : I am wife of
last witness, and mother of the deceased child.
Remember February 18th. - On that day the
deceased with the other two children went to De
Forest's school. They left home at half-past
eight a.m. Identify the hat (produced) as the
one my daughter wore that day. It was not torn
then as now. It was a little torn. I also identify
the school-book (produced) as the one she took
with her. The other children, Martha Ellen
and Samuel, returned at half-past four p.m.
Annie was not with them. Never saw her again
alive. Knew Ah Peew's hut. The children
would pass by his hut coming home by Clifton's.
Knew the prisoner for three years. Ah Peen is
a miner ; Prisoner often came to her house to
buy produce. The last time she saw the pri-
soner at her house was from five to six months
ago. Ah Peew was always smoking. He
smoked English tobacco. He had a long
stem clay pipe. He had a short stem clay
pipe with a bit of brass on it, and a third, a
wooden one' bent in the handle. The pipe (pro-
duced) is very much like the one I saw Ah Peew
use. I recollect taking one like this from off the
safe when I gave him a cup of tea. Could not
swear to the pipe produced. Have removed
others. Never saw one more like the pipe. It
is about six months since I saw the pipe. The
prisoner was on friendly terms with the children,
and served all alike with lollies. She would run
away from Chinamen but not from the prisoner.
The child's hair was platted on the morning of
the day of her death, and tied up with black
gimp. The gimp produced is the same. The
hair in the gimp, is the same colour as that of
the girl's. Had not told the child to call at the
hut that day.
Albert De Forest deposed : I keep a school at
Glenluce. The deceased girl attended my school.
Remember February 18th. She was at school
on that day, with her sister and brother. They
left at half-past four p.m. that day. Never saw
her alive after. Saw her dead the next day.
There were no marks of violence about her when
she left the school. I know the prisoner. After
the child's body was found, the prisoner came to
me. The prisoner was in the habit of coming to
me for advice. Prisoner seemed to be in trouble.
This was on the Sunday after the child was
murdered. Cannot recollect the exact words the
prisoner used, but supposed it was for asking for
advice. My impression was that prisoner was
troubled at being suspected of the crime, and that
the Chinamen were angry with him for admitting
he saw the child after she left the school. Ad-
vised Ah Peew to tell the truth. Prisoner came
back on the morning of the inquest, during
school hours. John Greenwood was present.
Either Mr Greenwood or myself asked Ah Peew if
he could prove where he wns at the time of the mur-
der. Prisoner replied that he could, and added
that he waa home making a cradle hopper for
Sheng Yem until 5 o'clock, and then had supper
with his four mates, and after that was sitting in
front of his place where seen by my children
about sundown. To Mr Paynter : Cannot re-
collect the precise language used of the first con-
versation. Before re-called, the Bench told me
my evidence was not comprehensible. My
memory did not get better after this.
Eleanor de Forest deposed. Am wife of last
witness. Remember the day in question, and
the girl being at school. Did not see nor know
which way the girl went. Prisoner used to
bring the children lollies and fruit. The day
after the inquest saw the prisoner at her house.
On the Saturday and Sunday after the child's
death prisoner came to her. Prisoner seemed
hurt at being suspected of the murder. Prisoner
wished her to say to every one that he was a
good Chinaman. She said she would. On the
Saturday prisoner inquired if Mrs Hunt thought
he killed the child. Told him Mrs Hunt did,
and that Mrs Hunt said, " What for Ah Peew
kill my child ?" Prisoner said, " What for me
kill her? — Me no kill her." Prisoner said his
mates were angry at his saying he see the little
girl. Prisoner said, " What for me tell him
lie, me see little girl?" Prisoner said the
little girl had been at his place.
Eleanor de Forest, daughter of the last wit-
nesss, deposed : Remember Feb. 18th. Know
the deceased girl. She was at school that day.
Saw the deceased pass the house, and go towards
a tunnel. The tunnel is between Ah Peew's and
her house. Saw her again at about five o'clock.
She was on the north end of Clifton's Hill, op-
posite our house. I was at our house outside.
Deceased was going over the point of the hill in
the direction going to her home. Never saw her
again alive.
Robert Warburton, a miner of Glenluce, de-
posed : I remember the 18th Feb. I was one of
the search party. This witness said it was he
came when Mr Hunt called, and he also de-
scribed the position of the child in the drive.
The head was two feet from the surface, and two
from the bottom. Was there when a trooper
came, also Senior-constable Bell. Saw Constable
Bell find a child's hat, a pipe stem, a
book, and a bowl of a pipe afterwards. The pipe
produced is the one. Some bits of ribbon were
also picked up near the body.
Robert Addley, of Holcombe, corroborated the
statements of the circumstances of the finding
the child. He thought the marks in the pad-
dock were like knee marks, and there were
scratches in the bottom of the paddock. The
eyes of the deceased were covered with dust.
The knee marks were on the bottom of the pad-
dock in front of the entrance to the drive.
Cross-examined by Mr Paynter : The girl was
above the usual size for nine years.
Mounted-constable Coghlan, stationed at
Fryers and the one referred to by a previous
witness, corroborated what had been deposed to
during his presence there. The feet were turned
as if the body had been thrust in the drive feet
first. On the Sunday following the finding of
the body told the prisoner, he would be required
as a witness. Prisoner said " all right." Held
a conversation afterwards at his tent. Asked
prisoner if he remembered which way the little
girl went home on Friday evening. Prisoner
pointed to the tracks and said sometimes she go
one way and sometims the other. Prisoner said
that when the girl passed he was mending a
cradle for Shing Yem. Prisonor said the cradle
was finished at 5 o'clook. Prisoner said he did
not go to any place after, but had his supper, and
did not go out. Prisoner also said his mate
could prove he did not go out of the tent after
the child left. Told Ah How (the mate) and Ah
Peew to attend the inquest. On the same even-
ing received a lock of hair, some braid, a stone,
and other things, and delivered them to the Go-
vernment analytical chemist, on Thursday Feb.
24th. Was at Glenluce with Fook Sing, and
Detective Kennedy and Walker, and Ah How
and Ah Peew were arrested. Returned on the
25th. Their tent was searched and a hat (pro-
duced) found, thread, string, shirt, and other
articles. The string on the pipe, also the
thread is similar to that found in the hut.
Senior-constable Bell deposed : remembered
the 19th February. From information received
went to the gully in which the body was found.
Found mounted-constable Coghlan, Mr Addley,
Mr Clifton, and others there. Saw the body
from the surface. The body was in a drive in a
digger's paddock. The paddock is almost 8 feet
long by 6 feet 6 inches deep on one side. The
mouth of the drive was 2 feet 6 inches from the
bottom of the paddock. Searched the paddook
and found the articles previously enumerated, in-
cluding some pieces of gum scattered about and
some covered over with leaves. The pipe when
found presented the appearance of being recently
smoked. The oil was thin. From the bowl of
the pipe some fresh oil was oozing, and oil had
oozed from the broken stem. The oil dried up
24 hours afterwards. The ashes in the pipe were
white. There was European tobacco in the pipe.
Examined the body, and saw gum on the palms
of the hands. There were marks of fingers on
the bottom of the paddock in some fine sand.
There was some sand and gravel on the face.
Blood had oozed from the nose, eyes, and mouth.
Found the hat and book in the drive at the feet
of the corpse. Saw marks of violence on the
body. There were contusions from the shoulder
blade to the cheek. The neck had escaped. Cut
a small look of hair from over the left ear and
gave it to Coghlan. On the same day (Satur-
day), at about 3 p.m., went with Dr Malcolm to
the hut of the prisoner ; Ah Prow, the mate of
the prisoner, was there. Asked the prisoner,
" You savee Sheng Yem." Had a pipe rolled up
in some paper, and began to unroll the paper.
Prisoner said, " Me no savey, that no mine ; this
mine." At that time he had not seen the pipe,
and went to the bed and got another pipe (pro-
duced) and showed it to witness. Prisoner had
only seen a small portion of the stem of the pipe.
Dr Malcolm was present; Fook Sing took posses-
sion of the pipe. Asked him if ha saveed Shing
Yem. Prisoner say " he my cousin." Asked him
when he last saw him. Prisoner said "he come
to my place 6 o'clock yesterday morning to get
him cradle mended ; he went away. and he see
him no more since." Prisoner showed me a
hopper of a cradle which had been repaired.
Asked him if he had seen Annie ; he said " yes,
she called here when me mending cradle at 4
o'clock. Asked him about a boiler ; she remained
five minutes outside ; did not go inside." I
asked "what way she go home." Prisoner
pointed to some rocks about 150 yards away in
front of his hut, and said be saw her last there.
Asked him where he had been, if he had been out
after the girl passed. Prisoner said "no, me
mend cradle," and did not go out till next morn-
ing at 8 o'clock. Left then. Was at his place
again on Sunday; afterwards went to the pad-
dock, where I discovered a stone on which was
blood and hair; this I gave to constable
Franklin. Saw the prisoner again and had a
conversation with him, about the child. He re-
ferred to the girl Clifton ; he said " Jessie sitting
other side of the creek, (some twenty yards from
the hut.) Annie passed Jessie, saw Annie no
more ; Jessie was sitting there after Annie left."
On the Tuesday after went to the paddock again
and took a piece of earth from the spot on which
the head of the deceased was lying, there was
blood on it. I gave that earth to detective
Walker on the 24th. Arrested the prisoner on
that day. The next day searched the hut, in
company with them, and found the other things
produced.
James B. Malcolm, M.D., deposed: On Satur-
day, February, 19th, went to the paddock where
the child's body was found. Went afterwards to
AhPeew's tent with senior-constable Bell. Heard
Bell ask about the pipe, and Ah Peew get one and
say that was it, at the same time taking one from
the bed. Bell was in the act of unrolling the
paper from another pipe when Ah Peew spoke.
Heard the most of the conversation ,as stated by
constable Bell. To. Mr Paynter : Examined the
bodies of Ah Peew and Ah How, and saw no trace
of crime on; them, To Mr Winch : Was not
asked by the police to do this.
Ah How, sworn by blowing out a match : Am
a miner living at Glenluce, on the Loddon ; am a
mate of the prisoner so far as regards mining
and living together. Slept in Ah Quong's tent.
On 20th ofJanuary Chinese time) he saw no
Europeans, but did on the following day ; they
came to inquire after a little girl; there was the
doctor and a constable. The girl came on the
Friday, the doctor on the Saturday. On Thurs-
day night slept at Ah Quong's; got up at 7
o'clock on Friday morning and went to the
Junction (Vaughan) to buy provisions ; came
back about 11 o'clock and went to prisoner's tent
to cook the dinner. He and his mate had dinner;
witness sat down after and did nothing. Ah
Peew was there all the time mending the hopper
of a cradle. The little girl Annie came to the
hut, it might be about 4 o'clock or a little more-
he bad no watch. He was sitting on the bed
inside and heard her voice ; she was talking to
prisoner. Got up and saw the girl, who after
some conversation with the prisoner went away.
Did not see her go away. Do not know a man
named Mackie ; thero was no man outside after
the girl went away. Witness went out to water the
the plants ; it was ten minutes after. Prisoner
was still working at the hopper when the girl
went away. Witness was about three quarters of
an hour watering the plants, and when he returned
to the hut prisoner "was not there." Cooked the
supper, and in about a quarter of an hour after
finished cooking, prisoner returned. Prisoner
said that he had been to Sheng Yem's for some
nails: his face looked old. This was about an
hour before sunset. Prisoner had on a stiff hat
with two holes, canvass trousers, check shirt, and
boots, (produced.) When witness went to
water the garden, prisoner had on slippers
but when he returned he had on the boots pro-
duced. After prisoner came in they had supper,
when prisoner took off his Wellington boots, and
washed his feet. Only witness and prisoner were
then in the tent; afterwards a Chinaman named
Sing Ti came in to smoke. Do not understand
English; and did no! know what the" Europeans
came for next day. Prisoner told him, that they
came to look for the little girl, but they had gone
home. Prisoner told witness "little girl knocked
off school, and been missed." Did not know
anything about the little girl being missed till
the Europeans came inquiring about her. Wit-
ness slept at Ah Quong's tent on Friday night.
On Saturday morning got up at 7 o'clock, and
after breakfasting at prisoner's tent, they went
mining ; about 10 o'clock some Europeans came
to the hole, when prisoner asked them if they
had found the little girl. The Europeans told
prisoner the girl had been found, and had gone
back. Prisoner told witness this in Chinese ;
prisoner never told witness the little girl had
been found dead. They knocked off work be-
tween 3 and 4 o'clock, and went back to Ah
Peew's hut. Remember Dr Malcolm and a con-
stable coming to their hut. Saw the constable
show prisoner a pipe. Witness saw the pipe ; it
was broken. The pipe (produced) belongs to Ah
Peew. Recognised it as the prisoner's. After
the doctor and policeman went away, prisoner
told witness that the pipe was his, and said,
" You must not tell the pipe belongs to me ;
; perhaps the girl might have picked it up and
took it with her." Adding, " The girl called
me yesterday ; I know not what for the girl
called." The prisoner went outside with his
boots ; he took them from under the bed ; wit-
ness looked through a crack in the wall, and saw
prisoner put the boots in a fireplace in the gar-
den and cover them over ; this was more than 30
steps from the hut. Prisoner came back, and
cautioned witness not to tell any one that he
had planted his boots. First time he heard of
the death of the child was on the Monday after.
Witness, prisoner, and constable, went to a store
on the Loddon ; they went to the inquest to-
gether, and then returned to the hut ; slept at
Ah Peew's tent that night ; was with him all that
day. On Thursday they were mining and on re-
turning a number of constables arrested them,
and brought them into Castlemaine.
Chinese detective, Fook Sing, was with them.
Prisoner was searched at the lock-up, when pri-
soner said to witness, " You must not say any-
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thing about the pipe." They were then locked
up in separate rooms. Had not spoken to pri-
soner since. Last saw the prisoner smoking the
pipe the same week the girl was missed, on Mon-
day and Tuesday. Ho saw the prisoner about
3 months previously mending the pipe with
string, because the smoke oozed out. Prisoner
always smoked European tobacco, and always
took his pipe with him when he went out. Had
been a mate of prisoner about a year. Cross-
examined : Had remained in custody ever since
he had been locked up till he came in the witness
box. Had first told the police last Monday or
Tuesday in the lock-up. Had been arrested
fortnight and a day. Had not been taken to the
gaol. Had had but one conversation with the
police : he told it of his own accord. Had not
mentioned the matter because the prisoner had
told him not to do so. Neither prisoner nor wit-
ness gave evidence at the inquest. Had no con-
versation with any one else but Mr Winch ;
others were present. The communication was in
Chinese. No person had spoken to him except
Mr Winch. Re-examined : Have had no inter-
view with any one except the police were present.
No inducement threat, or promise of reward
was held out to witness to give the information.
J. Gibson, Government analytical chemist, de-
posod he had received a stone with hair on, a
packet containing braided hair in it, and some
from the gimp of the child. All three corres-
pond closely. There was no blood on the stone.
Also received a pair of trousers, hat, shirt, and
jumper. There was a small quantity of blood on
the trousers, partly agreeing with human and
sheep's blood. Did not find blood on any of the
other garments. On a lump of earth there was a
considerable quantity of human blood. From
the inside of the hut removed a light brown hair
agreeing exactly with those of the child . On the
jumper there were two other hairs very similar,
though not quite. The difference was not
greater than may come from the same head.
There was nothing inconsistent with the hairs
on the same head. I do not speak positively
that the hair is human. Cross-examined : Found
the hair across the crown of the hat inside along
with a lot of black ones, apparently from the
head of the prisoner.
Elizabeth Clifton deposed: She knew the de-
ceased child. It was often the child's custom to
call at her house on going home from school.
Did not see the deceased on the day she was
killed. Near 6 o'clock in the evening of the
day she was out taking the horses to drink at the
creek. Sat down to take a stone out of her boot ;
this was just over the crown of the hill. A fal-
len tree was 30 yards away on the slope of the
hill. Her attention was drawn to that place by
hearing a noise like trampling on branches. She
thought it was the horses coming that way. Saw
a hat, and the man it was on moved away towards
Sheng Yem's tent. The man had on an old drab
hat, pulled down over his face a little. His
trousers looked soiled, and yellower than those
pair produced. Also identify the jumper pro-
duced. The man was- keeping his head down in
a crouching attitude. The man's back was to-
wards me ; not his face. Have known the pri-
soner for four years, but for the last two years
had not taken much notice of him. Saw the
prisoner this morning amongst a number of
Chinese and Europeans, and at once recognised
him as the man ; had no doubt it was the man.
If she had any doubt before, it was removed at
once when she saw him in the street. The fallen
tree was in the direction of the gully the body
was found in. At this stage of the inquiry Mr
Winch wished to put a question to the witness,
with a view to show that the prisoner had at-
tempted to defile her children. Mr Paynter ob-
jected, and the Bench ruled against the question
being put.
Sheng Yem deposed : He recollected the Fri-
day in question ; he went to work in the morning,
and left off at 11 o'clock, and then went home to
cook dinner, and ate it, and slept ; this was noon.
Then slept till over 4 o'clocl ; then got up and
cooked some supper, but did not eat it. Went
out to cut some bushes ; while he was cutting the,
bushes heard All Peew calling for some nails;
went to the tent with the prisoner ; he (witness)
went in first, and the prisoner followed ; gave
him a box of nails; but the prisoner said they
would not suit. Prisoner then washed his hands
and went away, after declining to eat. Ah Peew
called seldom, and had washed his hands there
before. The hat produced is the one prisoner
had on. Cross-examined.: The prisoner's hut
was distant half a mile. Prisoner stopped nearly
an hour.
Alfred de Forest, deposed : Am son of Mr
De Forest, schoolmaster. Knew the deceased,
and saw her at school on the day of her death.
Saw her going homewards at about 4 p.m. Was
at Ah Peew's hut on the Monday after the mur-
der. Ah Peew was there at 11 a.m, and said
that the little girl called the day before, and
asked about a boiler, and he had told her it was
not his, but belonged to Ah Toy, and he told her
that he would call on her mother some day about
it! Prisoner also said the girl did not come in-
side. Have been very often in Ah Peew's hut.
Could swear positively to Ah Peew's hat, but the
boots I swear to by the appearance. Cannot
swear to any of his shirts. Remember seeing a
pipe in Ah Peew's tent last November, i Identify
it by the brass and the chips out of it. Cannot
recollect seeing Ah Peew smoke the pipe. Was
present when Sen.-constable Bell picked up the
stem. Thought it was Ah Peew's, and when he
saw the bowl identified the whole at once.
Cross-examined by Mr Paynter : Before Ah
Peew was arrested told the police of the pipe.
Const. Bell brought the' pipe to me and I iden-
tified it. Re-examined by Mr Winch. Can-
not recollect describing the pipe to Bell before
seeing it. Might have done so or not.
Leonard Naylor, a farmer of Glenluce, partner
of Mr Hunt's, deposed : He know the prisoner
for two or three years. The prisoner afterwards
came to the house, and was intimate with all the
children. Helped to find the lost child with six
others. Called at Peew's hut on the night
of Friday, the 18th, to make inquiries. Asked
Ah Peew if he had seen the child. Ah Peew
said the child had called about a boiler, and that
the child had crossed the Loddon and gone up
the hill.
John Prothero, a farmer of Glenluce, deposed
he knew a Chinaman named Loo Ah Chee. Was
mining in the Loddon in November last. Ah
Peew was called Jemmy. Was at a forge in
November. Ah Cho was there. Went away,
and discovered he (witness) had left his pipe.
Went back and thought Ah Che had it. Looked
at Ah Chee's pipe without taking it from him,
and saw it was not his (witness's) pipe. The pipe
produced, is similar as regards the brass. Loo
Ah Che called, deposed that the pipe which the
provious witness looked at was Ah Peew's, and
he left it at Ah Peew's. Cross-examined: Was
acquitted this morning on the charge.
Robt. Greeves deposed he was a miner at
Glenluce, and knew the deceased. Saw her at
the tunuel. She came to get a drink of water as
usual. She went on home, and would have to
pass Ah Peew's tent. Knew Ah Che. Remem-
ber sitting with Ah Che to take a smoke. The
pipe produced is the one without a doubt.
The Court then adjourned till this day at nine
o'clock.

CASTLEMAINE POLICE COURT.
Saturday, March 12th.- 1
(Before T. D. S. Heron, Esq., P.M., Dr Meears,
and J.W. Pearce, Esq. J.P.
CLENLUCE MURDER.— The Court opened at
nine o'clock and the further hearing of the charge
against Ah Peew was proceeded with.
Martha Ellen Hunt, aged 11 years, sister of
the deceased child, deposed Remember going to
school on February 18th. Do not know what
time we left school. Came out together. Her
sister went to Salter's, next door to the school.
John Acton, deposed that he was left in charge
of the hole on the body being found in it. No
one touched the place or body, while he had charge
of it.
William Goodwin, a boot maker, of Glenluce,
deposed : He identified the boots (produced) as
having been brought to him by Ah Peew, to be
soled in January last. Believed the knife (pro-
duced) to be Ah Peew's.
Ah Shew, a storekeeper, of Creswick, deposed
that on the day of the murder Loo Che was
at Creswick. He knew this of his own
knowledge. Cross-examined: The store
distant from Castlemaine, 50 miles
Ah Foke, deposed that he was a miner, at
Creswick and Loo Ah Che was his mate for six
weeks. Every day up to Loo Che's arrest they
worked together.
John Clifton, a farmer, at Glenluce, deposed ;
Remember the 18th February. Was at the hole
with the police, when the body was there. Saw
a pipe-stem found. Saw the bowl after. When
the stem was picked up thought it was my own.
Looked at it. It was covered with dirt. Ex-
amined it. It is not mine. Am confident it is
not mine. Lost a pipe eight months ago, but
the one produced is not the one. Was in his pad-
dock the whole day of the murder. Never went
outside it until he went to help to find the child.
1st Class Detective Thomas Walker, deposed :
Remember Monday, 22nd February. Was at
Glenluce with Detective Fook Shing. Prisoner
was in his hut, and Ah How about the place. On
the next day were at Glenluce. Met the prisoner
and Ah How. Prisoner said they had come from
Vaughan. Asked him if he saw Annie Hunt on
Friday. Prisoner said he did, while making a
hopper for a cradle. She spoke to me about a
boilder and did not stay many moments, and then
'went away over the Loddon. On the 24th be-
tween 4 and 5 o'clock, went to Ah Peew's tent
with Detective Foke Shing. Sen.-constable Bell,
and Mounted-constable Coghlan. Asked the
prisoner if he left his hut, after the girl went
away. Prisoner said he did not leave his
hut after the girl left. Asked him if he
had a pipe, and prisoner produced one,
and said he never had any other. Then
arrested the two men. On the 25th the
hut was searched, and the articles produced
taken from there. Examined the hat and pro-
perty at the office. Saw a long hair on the hat
and some hairs on the cuff of the jumper.
Sheng Tem recalled, said that the had not
given any evidence under coercion. He had
given his evidence of his own accord.
Detective Foke Shing, deposed: He accom-
panied Detective Walker to the prisoner's tent.
Asked the prisoner whether or not the pipe
Senior-constable Bell showed him was his (pri-
soner's). Prisoner said, "No," and he knew
nothing about it. Asked the prisoner if the
pipe belonged to his former mate, Ah Che. Pri-
soner said, "No, Ah Che's pipe was a crooked
one." On the 24th went with Coghlan, Bell,
and Walker to the hut. Saw Ah Peew and Ah
How there. Asked Ah Peew if he remembered
last Friday. Prisoner said he was mending the
cradle, and the little girl passed, and he did not
see which way she went, as the weather was dry
and she could go either way. Remember being
at the gaol with Mr Winch on February 26th,
Prisoner made a statement in the presence of Mr
Winch and the governer of the gaol. It was
correctly interpreted, and the prisoner signed
it.
Mr Superintendent Winch deposed : The
statement (produced) was the one made by the
prisoner.
The statement dated February 26th, was here
read as follows:-
"There is a man, named, M'Kay, who is an
Irishman, went aalong with the girl who is
killed. The next morning early, Saturday
morning, M'Kay came into my hut and pulled
my blanket to wake me up. I asked M'Kay
about the girl. I said, where is that girl? and
he said, she has gone home. I told M'Kay that
last night (meaning Friday night) that a lot of
men were looking for her. M'Kay said, Do not
you say anything about the girl, or my father
will kill you. On Friday evening, about half-past
four, the girl called at my place about a boiler,
and at that time I saw M'Kay standing about
twenty distant. The little girl did not go
inside my tent ; she stood at the door. I saw the
little girl go away towards M'Kay, and they went
away together. They crossed the top of the hill,
and I lost sight of them. I never saw her again,
and I did not see M'Kay again till he came to
my tent and pulled my blanker to wake
me. My mate Ah How was in the
hut when young M'Kay came-he was then
asleep on the bed. Ah How went away to the
Junction on Friday morning at about 9 o'clock,
and came back about 11 or 12 o'clock noon, and
did not go out to work that afternoon. I know
the little girl as Annie, and her mother's name is
Hunt. When the girl came on Friday, Ah How
was sleeping on the bed. Lin Tow, who lives
near my hut, and is occasionally a mate of mine,
went away to work on Friday, afternoon, and re-
turned at about 5 p.m. The man now shown me
is the man M'Kay. The sun was not up when
M'Kay came to my hut.
Mr Hylands, the governer of the gaol, gave
similar testimony to the last witness and said
prisoner wished to make a statement, and the
Superintendent of Police was therefore sent for
to receive it.
Senior-turnkey Carroll, deposed that the pri-
soner said to him that a man named Mackey was
playing with the little girl outside the house, and
they went away. (The rest of the conversation
was similar to that contained in the statement.
On the same evening, witness added, after this
statement, from information recieved went to
prisoner's cell, and saw a pane of glass broken
and a piece of a new shirt prisoner had on when
admitted, fastened round the bar, and a portion
hanging down. Prisoner was lying on the
bed moaning. Said to prisoner, "What for?"
Prisoner said, " meno like this country ; me no
kill little girl. Mackey kill little girl."
Edward Mackey; a miner, deposed : He lived
near Vaughan. Knew the prisoner, but did not
know the deceased. Might have seen her, but
did not know her personally. Was not at the
prisoner's hut on the Friday of the girl's death,
or seen her that day. Was at Ah Peew's hut
at nine o'clock a.m., on the 18th. Went for a pick.
After that was at the Vaughn Police-court till
the court adjourned, and after that to about
five o'clock, was holding a colt to be shod. After
then went home and had supper. Called at
Rogers on the way home. It was 6 o'clock when
he got home. Then went to Glenluce to Holders
store and saw Prothero there. Never was at Ah
Peew's hut since the Friday, as stated. Went to
Prothero and Greeves. This was between sun-
down and dark. Met Mr Jackson. Went to a
saddlers about some harness. Left a boot at
Bentley's. Called at Mr Mulioles and stayed an
hour, then went home and went to bed. Got up
at sunrise. Did not go to Glenluce until eight
o'clock. Knew Mr Morrison. Did not go to
Ah Peew's hut at all that morning and never at
any time threatened the prisoner or pulled his
blankets. First heard that the child was lost on
the Saturday, and on the Sunday that she was
murdered.
Edward Mackey, depose : He believed he was
the father of the previous witness, and corrobo-
rated the evidence of his son, and clearly proved
an alibi. John Prothero and Edward M'Grath
also gave evidence proving an alibi, in favour of
Mackey the younger.
Detective Kennedy identified the pipe as the
one given him by constable Bell. On the 8th of
the present month, from information received,
went to Glenluce and made a search, and in the
fire-place of an old chimney found the boots pro-
duced, covered with some straw and rubbish.
Against the straw a slab stone was placed leaning
against the wall and screening the straw. Mrs
Clifton yesterday identified Ah Peet amonst
several other Chinamen.
Dr O'Hara, of Fryerstown, deposed : Examined
the body of the deceased Annie Hunt. The
upper part of the body was a mass of contusions.
There were two wounds given on the temporal
bone above the left ear. The other was super-
ficial. There was coagulated blood flowing from
the nostrils. There was a wound under the left
eye, and abrasions on the knees. Examined
further. There are no marks of violence lower
than the collar bone. The mouth and face were
distended with gravel and clay packed in, extend-
ing the jaws. The gravel and clay corresponded
with that in the hole. This would produce suffo-
cation. The wounds were inflected before death.
The marks on the throat and breast appeared
like the pressure of a boot or foot. The boots
produced would cause such marks. One of the
wounds was like a crescent, as if done by the tip on
the heel of the boot produced. Saw the stem of
the pipe found. His evidence also showed that
violation had been attempted.
Thomas M'Grath, surgeon, also gave testimony
as to the post mortem examination made by him,
and in effect the same as that of Dr O'Hara. He
thought death was caused first by stunning, then
pressure on the neck and suffocation by the
mouth being stopped. There were marks of
violence sufficient, to indicate attempt at viola-
tion.
Dr. Hutchison also gave similar testimony, and
concurred in every particular.
J. L. Brown produced a plan of the paddock,
and position of the body when found.
This closed the case for the Crown, and the
prisoner having been duly cautioned and advised
by Mr Paynter not to make any statement,
declined to say anything, and was then com-
mitted to take his trial at the next Circuit Court,
to take place on April 25th.
The chairman of the Bench (T. D. S. Heron,
Esq.,P.M.,) said his brother magistrates had ex-
pressed an opinion and he (Mr Heron) fully con-
curred in it, indeed it was his own, that the
police had exhibited a great deal of zeal, activity
and intelligence in the way the case had been
brought into court.
The Court then adjourned.

MURDER.
Ah Pew was charged with having, at Glenluce,
wilfully murdered Elizabeth Ann Hunt. After
some difficulty in consequence of the mode to be
adopted to get the prisoner's challenges, which
were so numerous that before the 12th juryman
was sworn the panel was exhausted. Mr C. A.
Smyth, the Crown Prosecutor for the district,
having returned from Beechworth, conducted the
case for the Crown, assisted by Mr Alfred Wyatt,
instructed by Mr Normoyle, of the Crown Law
Offices. Mr , G. C. Leech, instructed by Mr
Paynter, appeared to defend the prisoner. The
Crown Prosecutor, in narrating the case at open-
ing, dealt upon the force and weight of circum-
stantial evidence when different minute circum-
stances all tended to one point. Such evidence
was of the strongest kind. To make the locality
of the murder plain to the jury a map was pro-
duced descriptive of the ground from where the
child had left the school to other points material
in the evidence to be adduced. This plan the
learned Crown Prosecutor explained with great
minuteness, and gave a clear and concise narra-
tion of the facts already published in full after
the Police Court inquiry. The following is a
brief of the evidence :- —
Thos. L. Brown, .surveyor, deposed: The plan
produced before the Court was prepared by me.
It shows all the localities referred to in connec-
tion with he murder of Elizabeth Ann Hunt.
Knew the house of Mr Hunt. It is two miles
from Mr De Forest's schoolhouse. The school is
north of Hunt's house. That is the surveyed
distance. The Chinese huts are near the Loddon.
On the 7th March the crossing was dry, and the
season prior to that time was dry. From
the school to De Forest's house is a
descent, and so to the tunnel, which
is between the school and the Loddon. It is 24
chains from the school to the ford. The China-
men's hut and the prisoner's is at the brink of
the ford. There is a garden at Ah Pew's. The
garden is 40 feet through. In the garden there
is an old chimney stack. This, is on the west of
the river. On the east, after crossing the ford,
there is a track to Clifton's house. There is a
track from the east side to Cheng Yen's. It is a
steep sideling. There is a large gum tree inside
Clifton's paddock. The river runs south to
north. The track divides— one goes to Sheng
Yen's. another to Hunt's house, and joins at the
dead tree. The second plan produced is one of
the paddock and drive in which the dead body
was found. Cross-examined by Mr Leech: In
taking the measurement he walked. Examined
the place where the body was found. Started
from the schoolhouse, through the paddock, and
past Ah Pew's house, on to the hole in which the
body was found. Followed the track: The dis-
tance from Ah Pew's house to the hole is over
three-quarters of a mile. The banks of the creek
are in some places very precipitous. The path
winds up very steep above the level of the creek.
In some places 80 feet high. This is the highest.
Sheng Yen's tent is 780 yards from Ah Pew's
hut. It was necessary to pass close to Sheng
Yen's in following one track, which passed under
his verandah. The hole is 10 chains 67 links
from the track. There is a kind of cattle track
leading to Hunt's house. Re-examined : There
is another track besides the one past Sheng Yen's.
Walked once or twice after a day's work from
Sheng Yen's tent to the hole in 20 minutes.
William Bell, a senior constable stationed at
Fryers, deposed : Got information of the child
being murdered on February 19th. Went to the
hole where the body was found. Mr Addley
John Actor, Mounted-constable Coghlan, and John
Clifton were there. The body had not been dis-
turbed. The paddock was 6 feet deep, with a
drive north 10 feet long, and two or three from
the bottom of the hole. Examined the paddock.
Found two small pieces of gimp with fair hair
attached. It appeared to have been torn from
the head of the child ; also some gum scattered
over the bottom of the hole. Also found the
pipe-stem produced. Had not yet touched the
body. When he picked up the pipe the oil was
oozing from it, showing it had been recently
used. The pipe had been recently broken. The
break had a little of the oozing oil on it. The
body was placed in the drive feet first. Saw
finger marks in some fine sand as if some had
been lifted up. The face was covered with sand.
Some of it had fallen down, and the hair had
caught it. Blood had oozed from the nose and
eyes. The mouth was stuffed full of clay. There
was a semi-circular wound just over the left car.
Before seeing the boots produced expressed an
opinion that the wound was caused by a boot-
heel with a tip on it. Those produced would do
it. The hands were coated with gum. Lifted
the body to the surface. There is no difficulty
in getting in and out of the hole, which is only
18 inches deep at one end. Cut a lock of hair
from the child, which was sent to the analytical
chemist. Afterwards found the bowl of the pipe
from which oil was also oozing at two places, and
had evidently been recently used. Then went to
the hut of the prisoner because of information
received. On the child's collar-bone and cheek
were the marks of a boot. Placed his own boot
over without touching. It covered exactly.
Went to the prisoner's hut, and saw him there
with Ah How. Had the pipe rolled up in a
piece of paper. Prisoner was sitting on the side
of the bed. Began to unroll the pipe. Prisoner
could not see the pipe, hut might have seen the
top of the stem, and said, ." Me no savee. That
not my pipe," and got another one from the bed.
Asked him if he saw the little girl. Prisoner
said, " Me mend him cradle. She came on Fri-
day asked about a boiler. Stopped five minutes,
and then go away." Asked him where he last
saw the child, and he pointed to the hill south
east. Asked where he had been on Friday even-
ing. Prisoner replied that he never left his hut
that evening. Asked him if he had seen Sheng
Yen. Prisoner said, " He came here six o'clock
in the morning and went away, and never saw
him again. Found some thread and twine pro-
duced in the prisoner's tent. Both correspond
with the thread and twine on the pipe. Arrested
the prisoner on the following Thursday. Found
the hat produced in a box under the prisoner's
bed. Found light hairs inside the hat. A
jumper was also found. The child's hat pro-
duced is the one found in the hole. A long
black hair is inside it like the prisoner's. Cross-
examined by Mr Leech : The wound corre-
sponded to show a boot-mark, Ah How is the
prisoner's mate. They were arrested together,
Sheng Yen was also arrested. Found the linen
thread between the two beds in the tent. There
is similar thread to be got anywhere to that
found in the tent. Only saw the hair in the hat
for the first time in the witness-box that day.
The hat passed from his hands to the safe of the
Superintendent of Police. Had it 21 days in my
possession folded up in paper in a drawer, which
was not locked. Am a married man, and have
children. The boots found in the tent did not
appear to be those which left the marks on the
face of the deceased. Re-examined : The boots
produced were not then in the tent.
Samuel Hunt, farmer, of Glenluce, deposed :
He was father of the deceased, who was nine
years of age on the 30th October last. She was
a large healthy child, as large as her sister two
years older. She attended De Forest's school
with her sister Martha and brother Samuel. As
the girl did not return searched for the child
almost all night, and commenced again with
others at daybreak the following morning.
Searched to Emu Gully, and at half-past seven
discovered the body. (The witness described the
finding of the body, as at the Police Court.)
"Witness continued: Have seen the prisoner at
his place. She had confidence in Ah Pew, but
always frightened at other Chinaman. Believes
she would nave gone anywhere with Ah Pew as
ready as with him (witness).
Mrs Hunt, mother of the deceased child, de-
posed: That the prisoner was in the habit of
dealing at her house, and the child when she
saw him coming would run to meet him,
but would run away from any other Chinese.
Had seen the prisoner with three pipes. The
one produced is very much like one he used to
use. Prisoner put it on the safe, and she moved
it. The child's hair was platted and tied on the
day of the murder. Thirteen days before the
murder, she told the children if they saw Ah
Pew to ask if he had sold his boiler yet.
Martha Hunt, sister of the deceased, deposed,
She went to school with her sister on the days
in question, and left her at Salter's, close to the
school at about 4 o'clock.
Albert De Forest, schoolmaster at Glenluce,
deposed: Recollected the deceased being at
school on the day of the murder. Saw her at
10a.m. to 4p.m., when the school broke up, alive and
well. On the following day saw her dead body.
The child going home, passing Clifton's place,
would have to pass Ah Pew's. Ah Pew came to
him on the Sunday in a nervous agitated state of
mind, and the substance of what he said was
that he did not see the girl after she left the
school, and that Europeans and Chinamen were
suspecting him. Told him all he had to do was
to speak the truth. On the Monday, the prisoner
came to him before the inquest in the school-room.
The question was put to him — "Could he prove
where was on the evening of the murder ? Pri-
soner replied that he could, that he was mending
the hopper of Sheng Yen's ' cradle until five
o'clock, and that after that he and his mates,
four of them had supper, and that after that
he was sitting outside his hut. Prisoner did not
say anything about seeing the child: Questioned
him and Ah How as to whether Sheng Yen was
in the bush, when the girl passed, and he said
Sheng Yen was not. Cross-examined : The pri-.
soner had further advised with him. Prisoner
appeared an inoffensive man. Did not for a mo-
ment suspect the man.
Mrs De Forest deposed to the child leaving the
school on the day in question at about 4 p.m.
On Saturday the prisoner came to her and said
Sheng Yen was a very good man— he not do it.
This was after he had asked what had become of
Sheng Yen. Prisoner requested her to say to the
police that his Camp was composed of good
Chinamen, and she promised to do so. Prisoner
asked whether or not Mrs Hunt thought he had
killed the child told him she did. Prisoner re
plied : Me no kill him ; what for me kill Annie.
Prisoner said his mates had found fault with him
for saying he had seen the girl on the afternoon
of the murder.
Albert De Forest, jun., deposed to the child
leaving school, and seeing her go towards Ah
Pew's. He saw the bowl and stem picked up;
said he thought it was Ah Pew's. Had seen Ah
Pew using it. Heard Ah Pew conversing with
his father on the Sunday. Heard Ah Pew tell
the trooper that the little girl came to him about
the boiler, and that he said the boiler belonged
to Ah Ti, and that he would go up and see her
mother. I know the hat produced to be the
prisoner's. Identify the boots produced as be-
longing to Ah Pew. The chips on the bowl I
noticed when it was in the possession of Ah Pew.
Cross-examined by Mr Leech : Said the pipe was
Ah Pew's to Mr Goodwin. Was not asked about
the pipe at the inquest. Thought it was Ah
Pew's pipe, because he had heard Ah Pew had
killed her. Detective Kennedy showed him the
pipe, and he (witness) at once said it was Ah
Pew's.
Eleanor De Forest deposed to seeing the child
on the hill opposite the school picking gum. She
had passed the tunnel and Ah Pew's on to the
hill called Clifton's.
Robert Grieve deposed to the child calling at
his tunnel and getting a drink of water, on her
way home before she had passed Ah Pew's. Re-
member in November last seeing Loo Ah Che
smoke the pipe.
At this stage the witnesses mentioned by
Senior Constable Bell as being at the hole when
the body was found were examined, and corrobo-
borated the testimony of Bell in the several par-
ticulars narrated by him. Amongst these was
Constable Coghlan, who deposed that he had
a conversation with the prisoner. Prisoner told
him that the girl called at his place about a
boiler, and she went away. He did not leave his
hut after the girl left, and his mates could prove
it. Prisoner said he did not know which way
she went, as sometimes she went one way and
sometimes the other. Ah Pew did not say any
thing about a man named Mackay. This was on
Monday. Cross-examined: There were several
jumpers in the hut. Re-examined : Mrs Clifton
described the jumper worn by the prisoner on the
evening of the murder, and therefore the one
produced was selected.
Dr Malcolm, called, corroborated the evidence
of Senior-Constableas to the prisoner denying the
pipe was his before he saw it; He also heard Ah
Pew say the girl called there. Cross-examined :
There were no signs from an examination he
made of Ah Pew of his violating a girl. He
might have done whatever injury was done to
the girl without leaving traces on himself.
Leonard Naylor, deposed : The deceased was
not the least afraid of the prisoner. Had seen
the prisoner smoke a similar pipe to the one pro-
duced. During the search for the child, called
at Ah Pew's and inquired for the girl. Prisoner
said that he had seen her at the brow of Clif-
ton's hill by a big tree.
William Goodwin deposed: He was a shoe
maker, and identified the boots produced as those
which in January last he repaired for Ah Pew.
Identified the jumper produced as the one Ah
Pew wore.
Mrs Clifton deposed: Recollected watering
her horaes at the Loddon on the afternoon of the
day the girl was lost. She was sitting down to
take a stone out of her boot, and heard a crack-
ling noise, and looking towards the place it came
from saw a man whom she believed to be the pri-
soner. She seeing him again amongst several
Chinamen and Europeans, she picked him out.
She had now no doubt whatever but that pri-
soner was the man. She did not see his face.
The man was going in tho direction of Sheng
Yen's hut. Cross-exnmiued : There was nothing
wonderful in picking out the man because she
had known him for four years. Was not positive
at first, but on seeing him a second time had no
doubt. Told the police about having seen a
Chinaman at the fallen tree. Had him working
at the Loddon previously. Was not examined
at the inquest. Was examined at the Police
Court a tew days after the child was found. Saw
him at the inquest, but be was not dressed the
same. Saw him in the street when she identified
him, but in the same clothes the man had on she
saw at the tree.
John Clifton, a farmer, at Glenluce, deposed
that on the 10th February he was at the pad-
dock when the child was found. He assisted
Bell in tho search and saw him pick up a pipe
stem, the same as produced in court.
Sheng Yen called, deposed : On the day of the
murder All Pew called at his place for nails. The
prisoner came from the direction of the hole.
Washed his hands at the hut and went away.
Ah How deposed he recollected the day the
child was lost. In the afternoon saw the girl
speaking to Ah Pew, his mate. He (witness)
was in the tent smoking. Recollect the girl
going away. Ah Pew was mending a cradle
hopper. Shortly after the girl went away, he
(witness) went to water some plants. When he
started to water the plants, Ah Pew was at the
door of the house. Was three-quarters of an
hour in the garden. When he returned Ah Pew
was not there. Ah Pew returned in about a
quarter of an hour after he came in from the
garden. The sun went down in about a quarter
of an hour after Ah Pew returned. Ah Pew had
the felt hat produced, and check shirt. The
shirt he used to wear underneath the jumper.
No European or other person was about the hut.
When Ah Pew returned he had an old face. The
boots produced are Pew's, also the trousers he
had on when he returned. Ah Pew returned in
the boots produced, but had on slippers when the
girl was there. The hoots were put under the
bed. Some Europeans at eight o'clock came to
ask about the child. Ah Pew told them she
went away at half-past four o'clock. Slept at
Tah Pong's that night, and got up at seven
o'clock, and went and had breakfast with Ah
Pew. No Europeans came to the hut. At ten
o'clock while they were at work, Ah Pew asked
some men passing about the child, and told him
(witness) the child was found, but did not say
whether the child was dead or alive. .The pipe
produced is Ah Pew's. Ah Pew had it. Recol-
lect Dr Malcolm and a constable coming and
showing a pipe. After they went the prisoner
said, "Do not say the pipe is mine. Yesterday
the girl called me outside, and perhaps took
the pipe away." Ah Pew also took the boots
produced and hid them in an old fireplace, and
told him not to say any thing about it. Did not
know until the Monday that the child was dead.
He was arrested with Ah Pew, and at the lock-
up, as they were being put in separate cells, Ah
Pew told him not to say that the pipe was his
(prisoner's). He saw Ah Pew repair the pipe,
and saw Ah Pew smoking it on the Monday and
Tuesday of the week of the murder. Ah Pew
always smoked European tobacco, and a good
dea1 of it. Only him and Ah Pew had supper
together, on the evening the girl called there.
Cross-examined : Was not frightened when ar-
rested, or when examined by Dr Malcolm. The
garden is about thirty yards distant. The garden
is as large as the Court. Was a mate of Ah
Pew's for a year. Never saw Ah Pew smoke a
Chinese pipe, but always a European one, with
English tobacco. The witness was subjected
to a further rigid examination by Mr Leech as to
the manner in which he gave information to the
police.
Loo Ah Che, formerly a mate of Ah Pew, called,
said he recollected smoking a pipe like the one
produced, when it was taken out of his mouth by
a European who thought it was his.
Richard Prothero, called, could not swear to
the pipe produced, but believed it was the one
Loo Ah Che was using
Ah Shoo, a storekeeper at Creswick, deposed
that Loo Ah Che had been at Creswick since
November last.
Mr Superintendent Winch deposed to attend-
ing the inquest where no inquiry was made
about the pipe, but. the inquiry was merely con-
confined to the cause of death.
Michael Carroll, Senior turnkey at the
gaol, deposed that while in gaol the prisoner at-
tempted to hang himself and prior to this pri-
soner had made a statement incriminating
Mackay, and on being asked why he tried to
hang himself, repeated the charge against
Mackay, accusing him of the murder. Then
produced the statements made by the prisoner in
the gaol, which have already been published.
The time being now six o'clock, his Honour
adjourned the Court until seven o'clock. On
resuming, the, trial proceeded by the Crown call=
ing.
Edward Mackay, who repeated his testimony
given at the Police Court, and showed beyond
all doubt that he was not at Glenluce at the
time of the murder.
Edward Mackay, sen., father of the preceding
witness, corroborated his son's testimony, and
accounted for him from three o'clock on the
afternoon of the murder to the morning following
it.
Edward M'Grath, John Prothero, and Robt.
Grieve all gave evidence in support of an alibi.
in favour of Mackay, jun.
1st class Detective Walker deposed to going to
prisoner's hut, and seeing him there. Ah Pew
said he had seen the little girl on the Friday
night, and spoke about a boiler. She re-
mained a few minutes, then crossed the Loddon,
and he did not see her again. Went again and
saw the prisoner who repeated his former state-;
ments. On the, 24th went with Detective
Foke Sheng and Naylor to the prisoner's tent
and saw him there, also Ah How. Asked the
prisoner if he was away from his tent on the
evening of the murder. Prisoner said he did not
leave his tent after the little girl went away.
Asked Ah Pew if he had a pipe, and he produced
one saying that was the only one he had. Then
arrested both men. Found the various articles
produced except the boots. In connection with
this case walked the whole distance between Ah
Pew's hut and the hole in 22 minutes, looking
about on the way. Mr. Hodges was with me.
Cross-examined : Saw the jumper on the bed
when arresting the prisoner.
Detective Foke Sheng called: Corroborated
the evidence of Detective Walker as to the pri-
soner's statements, and the searching of the tent,
and the taking of the clothing. He also heard
Ah Pew deny ever having had more than one
pipe. This witness was severely cross-examined
by Mr Leech with a view to show that there was
not sufficient proof that the clothing found was
in the part of the hut used by Ah Pew.
Detective Douglas Kennedy deposed to finding
the boots in an old fireplace in Ah Pew's garden.
They were secreted. He and others were walk-
ing down the street before Mrs Clifton, and she
immediately identified the prisoner. It would
take him live minutes to walk from the drive to Mrs
Clifton's, and 15 minutes to Ah Pew's. Cross-
examined: When Mrs Clifton identified the pri-
soner, he was beside some Europeans and two
Chinamen, one of whom might be taller. The
prisoner was dressed up in a jumper, shirt and
trowsers, hut he would not say he was "dressed
up for the occasion.
William Johnson, the Government analytical
chemist, deposed : He received on the 22nd
February, on which were hairs, corresponding
with hairs cut from the head of deceased. He
got a woolen jumper, striped shirt, and canvass
trousers. On the trowsers were slight marks of
blood, apparently of two sorts, sheep and human
or dogs. On the shirt the same kind of stains
were observable, having the characteristics of
human blood. On the jumper were two hairs
agreeing closely with those cut from the head of
deceased. They wore a shade lighter, but va-
riances of hair exist on the head. One hair in-
side the hat exactly corresponded with de-
ceased's. The parcel of hair was given him by
Coghlan. He removed this morning (yesterday) a
hair from the hat not like the prisoner's. Cross-
examined — Some of the spots of blood could not
be human. The blood discs of all mamalia was
circular, and the test was but in size. The
difference between the diameters, between th
5000 and 4000 part of an inch of blood, was but
small. The black hair on the girl's hat did not
correspond with the hair on prisoner's hat. He
measured the hairs by the micrometer, but he
did not take down the measurements. The
difference was slight in colour and thickness.
Every person's hair differed a little. It was
quite possible for a fine hair to be on a hat for a
long time.
Henry Lewis O'Hare, a surgeon, deposed he
went to Glenluce on the day the child's body
was discovered, aud saw it taken out of the
drive. The body was considerably bruised,
covered over with contusions, two wounds on the
side of tho head, one superficial ; over the
cheek bone was another wound. Blood was
flowing from the mouth and nostrils. The mouth
was filled with clay and gravel. Several marks
were about the collar bone. The hymen was
entire, but partly torn at the upper edge. He
thought there had been an attempt at violation.
Tho clay and gravel was packed into the mouth,
had passed into the windpipe, and would prevent
crying. From the boots produced, he believed
the heel would cause one wound and the nails
another, such as were on deceased. Cross-
examined: Another substance hard, like the
boot, would produce the injuries he described.
Thos. M'Grath, surgeon, deposed he made the
post mortem examination ; externally there
were two wounds above the left ear, one semi
circular, one and a half inch long, one small an-
terior one inch long, several contusions
over the left side of the face, a transverse wound
over the left cheek bone, besides several abra-
sions and contusions, and other injuries as de0
scribed by previous witness. He attributed
the cause of death to the multiplicity of injuries
and suffocation by clay being packed in the
mouth. There was appearance of attempted vio-
lation, and in his opinion there had been an at-
tempt. The semi-circular wound might be caused
by the heel of a boot or a stone.
Jas. Hutchison, surgeon, deposed, he, along
with Dr M'Grath, made the post mortem ex-
amination, and he agreed with the evidence above
given.
This closed the case for the prosecution.
Mr. Leech inquired if his Honour wished him
to proceed with the defence, and being informed
in the negative, he asked for a few minutes grace.
(It was now ten minutes to ten o'clock. In
about five minutes the Court resumed.)
Mr Leech then addressed the jury for the de-
fence. He commenced by deprecating the course
taken by the Crown Prosecutor, by piling up
some horrible details to exasperate their minds.
A murder had been committed, and he had to
defend the prisoner in the deadly and imminent
peril of his life, for if found guilty he must die.
They had to consider if the details pointed
clearly and irrevocably at the prisoner, and at
no other man. He would admit there was a
prima facie case to warrant the officers of justice
in bringing the prisoner to his trial, but there
were doubts, grave doubts in the case for the
Crown. A pipe had been found, and it had been
tried to produce testimony that this pipe was
dropped by the prisoner. The testimony in this
part was not conclusive. There was a mate of
the prisoner's who had been arrested, and it was
known that murderers were fertile in .using
means for inculpating the innocent. When Ah
How was in gaol for murder he was ques-
tioned about the pipe. He was sagacious
enough to know the drift of the inquiries, and
when asked is this Ah Pew's pipe it might
occur to him, i, I say this is not Ah Pew's
pipe, whose is it ? perhaps my own ? He was the
only positive man as to the pipe. Allied to his
testimony of the pipe was some other Chinese
evidence - evidence of a dangerous kind. Next
to it was the European boy De Forest, who, from
his age, might be led to straighten his evidence.
He spoke too fast, and when Constable Bell
found the stem of the pipe he said it was Ah
Pew's. Strange there was not a single person
heard this. He said he had mentioned it to Ad-
dley, but Addley did not say a word about it.
That boy's evidence could not be relied on. How
was it when the inquiry was going on at the in-
quest he never said a word of this, nor said any-
thing till Bell went to him? Could the juery
absolutely come to the conclusion that would put
a rope round the prisoner's neck on such evi-
dence as they had upon the fragments of a pipe?
Mr Clifton, a witness for the Crown, first
imagined the pipe was his, and was nearly making
a mistake a claiming it. A few small spots of
blood of two kinds, one of sheep, were found on
the clothing, the other apparently human ; but
no analytic chemist in the world could swear
positively as to human blood. There was no
value in his analysis ; a dog's blood was the
4000th part of an inch, human blood the 3500th
part of an inch ; so that no man could speak un-
mistakenly as to that. The hair examined
differed in size and colour from that cut from the
child. Mrs Clifton could not identify Ah Pew
at the inquest, but only picked him out from
amongst two Europeans (whom no one could
mistake) and two Chinamen, one of them a tall
one, the other there was not much said about.
She, a sharp, woman, must have noticed the de-
tective looking at Ah Pew, and then she picked
him out. There was a principle in the human
mind, and markedly so in woman, that when the
mind was made up as to a guilty man the dispo-
sition was to inculpate that person, not meaning
wrong, but actually under the impulse of doing
right. Was not this woman so influenced ? The
Crown testimony was that Ah Pew was only
away an hour from his tent, half of which was
spent with Ah Shem. Two witnesses said they
could walk from the hole to Ah Pew's tent in
twenty minutes, and one witness said he could
walk in fifteen minutes. Taking this time there
and back it would amount to thirty-five minutes,
which, with the half hour at Ah Shem's, would
make an hour and five minutes : there could
therefore be no time to ravage and murder with
all the horrible details they had heard of. If the
prisoner had committed the horrible crime he
would have told a lie and said he had not seen
the girl, instead of that he told the truth. Why
were tho Chinese angry at his telling that the
girl was at the tent? May it not be that some
other Chinese, the really guilty, were afraid that
the crime would be sheeted home to them. It
was not necessary for him to point his finger in
suspicion at any man for this crime, or any other
of less magnitude, but he was justified in pre-
senting as an hypothesis that the man who was
angry was the guilty one. The prisoner's de-
meanour on being suspected rather turned one's
heart towards him than against him ; and such
was Mrs De Forest's opinion of him that she
promised to say he was a good man. The
language used by Ah Pew to Mrs De Forest was
that of a man who would shrink from such an
act as that imputed to him. They should require
and demand strong evidence before they con-
cluded that the man who had fondled the
child which had run towards him had
foully murdered her. The knife was seldom
taken to kill the pet lamb. He would sit down
painfully conscious of having left unsaid much
that he ought to have said, for at that
late hour, after a protracted trial, he was to a
certain extent physically unable to deal with all
the weak points of the case for the Crown. In
that physical exhaustion he did not doubt the
jury to some degree shared. He would urge
them to view the evidence as not supporting the
opening speech of the learned Crown Prosecutor.
If it was proved that the pipe was at Ah Pew's,
the circumstance could not lie, but the men who
had come there that day, and made the circum-
stance had lied. They should take with them
to the juryroom the solemn recollection that Ah
How, who swore to the pipe, was arrested, and
lied as men will lie who have the halter dang-
ling near them. They could not on such testi-
mony send the man back, never again as a free
man to see God's sunshine. Four Chinamen
had been arrested; one stood in the dock, the
others were Crown witnesses. All the details of
the case were compatible with the innocence of
the accused. It was dangerous to take the evi-
dence of the boy De Forest, because without
putting anything harsh against him, it may be
that filled with a boy's vanity, he had given the
evidence he did. The jury were the final court,
and the only ground on which they could find
the prisoner guilty was that the tainted witnesses
arrested with the prisoner had spoken the truth,
the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, and
that so absolutely did they believe Ah How, that
they could send a man to the gallows on his tes-
timony. They should give the prisoner, Mongo-
lian as he was, as much consideration as the
highest representative of the highest type of
their race.
His Honour procoeded to sum up to the jury,
and expressed his regret that, they had had to
suffer through the public business not justifying
an adjournment. The case was one of circum-
stantial evidence— more valuable than direct tes-
timony, because facts cannot lie. During his
remarks His Honour said there there could be no
doubt but that the pipe was found in the hole,
and that the object of the murder was to cover
the crime of violation. If he had previously
taken liberties with the child she would have
never cared for him. The instincts of children
are strong in this respect. There could be no
doubt that the child was at Ah Pew's hut on the
evening in question. The prisoner had denied
seeing Sheng Yen that aftnmoon and stated that
he was not away from his hut after the child left.
The pipe had been identified by De Forest, ju-
nior, and Ah How. Others thought it was like
the pipe. If they thought the evidence was con-
clusive, the jury would have little difficulty in
believing the prisoner committed the crime. The
prisoner had thrown the blame on Mackay, say-
ing that Mackay was loitering about the hut
when the girl was there, and that he came to the
hut and threatened him not to tell on the next
morning ; all this had been proved to be false. If
the prisoner's statement had been ably and pro-
perly taken, it had been proved untrue, and there-
fore told against him. Nothing could be more
satisfactory than the mannner in which it was
done. It had been interpreted by Mr Hodges
for Mr Superintendent Winch, read over and
signed. There was a series of circumstances
outside the evidence of Ah How. There was
distinct evidence of the prisoner being away from
his hut, although the prisoner said he
was not. This was another lie. The
evidence of Ah How was most important.
His Honour then read it over, and said, if be-
lieved, the case against the prisoner was very
much strengthened. His statement in reference
to the boots was proved by the fact that the boots
were found where he said they were hidden. All
the circumstances contradicted Ah Pew's testi-
mony ; if they rejected that testimony they
would perhaps reject the other circumstances as
not sufficient to justify a verdict of guilty. The
jury then retired, and after the absence of one
hour, returned a verdict of guilty.
The Judge, through the interpreter, told the
prisoner that he had been found guilty on the
most cogent evidence, and that no one in court,
who had heard the evidence, but must believe
that the verdict was a just one. No hope of
mercy could be held out on the sentence about to
be passed. His Honour then passed sentence of
death in the usual manner, the prisoner the
whole time saying "I did not do it."

THE GLENLUCE MURDER.
(From the Castlemaine Representative.)
Ah Pow, the Chinese murderer of the unfortunate
little girl, Elizabeth Annie Hunt, was found guilty at
an early hour this (Wednesday) morning, and
sentenced to be hanged. A more diabolical crime
was never committed; and judging from the verdict
a more righteous sentence was never pronounced.
There were about forty witnesses for the Crown.
The trial commenced at halt-past nine am on
Tuesday, and sentence was not pronounced until two
a m this (Wednesday) morning. The opening
address of the Crown Prosecutor occupied upwards
of two hours, and his statement was fully upheld by
the testimony subsequently adduced. The witnesses
appeared to give their evidence without bias, and the
jurors listened in a painstaking way, and did not
appear to be actuated by any foregone conclusion.
Two or more of them had been locked up on the
previous night, but His Honor said he could not
release them as the panel had been exhausted and
the public business would not admit of an adjourn-
ment, as he (His Honor) had to preside at Sandhurst
to-day. The chain of circumstantial evidence
so complete and strong that no reasonable man could
entertain a doubt as to the prisoner's guilt. When at
a late hour in the evening, Mr Leech rose to address
the Court for the defence he did so evidently labor-
ing under mental and physical exhaustion. Not
only was the counsel for the prisoner completely
tired out, but the countenances of the counsel
for the Crown also indicated the fatigue inseparable
from long mental exertion. Mr Leech's address was
labored, as all forlorn defences must of necessity be,
but it was as ingenious and as judicious as circum-
stances would admit. He made a desperate and
telling attack on the strongest part of the evidence,
viz, that of the Chinese witnesses who had themselves
been arrested on suspicion, and asked what (their
evidence apart) was there remaining? These tactics,
however, did not seem to impress the jurors. To
their minds there was apparently no serious discre-
pancy in the evidence, the European testimony dove-
tailing to that of the Chinese, corroborating, not
contradicting it, the whole together making as strong
a case as could well be made out. His Honor, in
delivering his charge to the jury, did so evidently
suffering under that fatigue and exhaustion common
to all who had been compelled to watch the case
throughout. The jury, after hearing his Honor's
charge, which they listened to with great attention,
retired, and remained absent for about one hour.
When they came back to court they returned a
verdict of guilty. His Honor then passed sentence
of death in the usual form, giving prisoner no hope
of mercy. The condemned man merely said "I did
not do it," and throughout the trial he displayed
the greatest indifference, that is as far as could
be judged by persons not well versed in Chinese
physiognomy.

EXECUTION OF AH PEW.
The convict Ah Pew, sentenced to death for
the murder of the child Anne Hunt at Glenluce,
was executed on Monday morning, within the pre-
cinct of the Castlemaine Gaol. The Representa-
tive states — " At about half-past 9 o'clock the
officials of the gaol admitted about thirty persons,
including the representatives of the Press, to one
of the long corridors of the gaol, in which is
erected the apparatus of death. At 10 o'clock
the sheriff (Mr. Colles) mounted the steps of the
gallery, and going to the door of the condemned
cell, demanded the body of Ah Pew. The formal
surrender was then made by Mr. Hyland, the
governor, and the prisoner came out from his
cell, walking steadily, and looking far calmer
than some of the spectators. The Rev. Mr.
Hollis, who had been praying with the doomed
man previously, came out with him, and the
Venerable the Archdeacon was also in the gallery.
They had done all they could for the man's
spiritual comfort, and now the hangman's work
began. With a mechanical precision, the
loathsome result of long habit, the pinioning
was commenced and finished, and then the
prisoner was led out under the beam, and the
rope adjusted round his neck ; Dr. Bone, as
medical officer of the gaol, standing by. The
knot being fixed at the back of the head so as to
secure dislocation, the white cap was drawn over
the prisoner's face, the hangman shook his pas-
sive hand, a few prayers were muttered by the
clergyman, there was a distinctly heard exclama-
tion of 'No, no !' and then the crank was touched,
the platform fell with a dull thud, and Ah Pew
swung lifeless in the centre of the corridor.
After hanging the usual time the body was cut
down, and at noon the inquest was held, and the
customary verdict returned. The post-mortem
examination showed that the neck was dislocated,
and consequently death must hav- been instan-
taneous.
After the execution of Ah Pew at Castlemaine
on Monday, a cast of his head was taken by Mr
M'Lean, who states that the general configuration
of the head, as also the temperament, denotes a
sensual and destructive character, coupled to much
cunning and self-confidence. Upon examining
the brain the cerebellum was found to be very
large in proportion to the cerebrum, and the skull
immediately over the cerebellum was almost
transparent, clearly indicating the excessive
activity of the lower animal nature, whilst
over the anterior, or intellectual and moral
regions, the skull was fully a quarter of an inch
in thickness.