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the cafe for a cup of coffee. He had walked
down the trail which Constable Krivenko
had so painstakingly followed, and later he
had returned to the bunkhouse and back to
bed. Apparently by this method, he sought
to destroy the net of circumstantial evidence
that was being woven around him.

Sergeant Nelson and Corporal Potterton
realized what the old man was trying to do,
and continued their investigations. Was
the old man telling the truth when he said
that he had gone to the cafe for a cup of
coffee? This question was soon answered
by Sue Dong, one of the proprietors of the
Pacific Cafe of Vernon. He told the off-
cers that the accused worked for him, and
that on the evening of August 4th, 1944,
the accused had gone home about 8:30 p.m.
after finishing his day’s work, and the ac-
cused had not returned to the cafe as he had
claimed in his statement.

On August 9th, a charge was laid against
Won Fat and he was taken into custody
for the crime of arson. On August 14th
the accused appeared before William Mor-
ley, Esq., Police Magistrate for the City of

* Vernon, on a preliminary hearing to de-

termine whether or not the accused should
be committed for trial to a higher court.
After hearing the evidence of a number of
witnesses the accused was committed to the
next court of competent jurisdiction for
trial.

CIRCUMSTANTIAL EvIDENCE STRONG

The trial was held in the County Court
Judges Criminal Court before His Honour
Judge James Ross Archiebald on August
29th as the accused had elected for a trial
ey a jury. The evidence produced by

the Crown fitted together like pieces in a
jig-saw puzzle. First the young lady who
had discovered the fire was able to fix the
time accurately, then the Fire Chief and
Constable Krivenko told of their investiga-
tion, and Constable Krivenko recited what
had occured in the Chinese bunkhouse, and
that the accused had stated definitely he had
not left his bed since 10 p.m. the night be-
fore, but on withdrawing the bed clothes the
old man was found to be wearing a pair of
black trousers. Evidence was also given by
the lady who had been annoyed by the ac’
cused, and by Sergeant Nelson and Cor-
poral Potterton as well as a number of other
witnesses. The Crown showed that the
pattern on the rubbers, which were pro-
duced as an exhibit, had been worn in many
places, and that the pattern on the photo-
graphs which were produced coincided ex-
actly with the rubbers, even to the extent
that a small particle of matter which ad-
hered to the bottom of one rubber, showed
its imprint in the poorest of the foot-
print. It was also proses that one of the
footprints was found close to the scene of
the fire pointing towards it, and that the
same footprints were observed at the gar-
bage box which contained material identical
to that used in setting the fire. The evi-
dence of matches being found with the
accused which were similar in all respects
to those found at the scene of the fire
rounded out the circumstances proved by
the Crown. The contradictory statements

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