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MUI TSAI CASE
GIRL GIVEN IN EXCHANGE FOR DEBT
In Exchange for Debt The girl's mother said that follow- ing her husband's death she had bor- rowed various sums of money, amount. ing to about $82, from the first de fendant, and because she could not pay back the money, she gave her daugh. ter in settlement of the debt. She élzo thought that that would be to the she would girl's advantage because get food.
Answering Mr. Rendall witness said that she was a seamstress. She de-
Mr. Hamilton: You bargained away daughter's personal freedom your rather than see her starve to death?
Tes.
NOT SEVERELY ASSAULTED
Yesterday afternoon Mr. E. W. Hamilton heard evidence in the a Chinese woman case in which and her daughter, living at No. 237. Queen's-road Central, were nicd that she wanted her daughter charged with (1) assaulting their back so as to sell her into marriage. 16-year-old mui tsai; and (2) ill-The first defendant belonged to the treating her by subjecting her to same village as she herself. punishment which would not be meted out to their own daughters. The prosecution was conducted by Mr. H. R. Butters, assistant of
Mr. Butters:: If you had not had the Secretariat for Chinese Affairs, the debt of $82 hanging over your whilst the defendants were reprehead would you have been able to sup- sented by Mr. F. C. E. Rendall. port yourself and daughter?-No.
"Deep To The Skin"
First defendant gave evidence that Following 2 complaint of, ill- the complainant was not a mui teni treatment made by the girl at the but was her adopted daughter. Her was witness's distant uncle. S.C.A, on July 18, she was examin-facher ed by Dr. T. W. Ware, of the Gov-She was anxious to do for complainant as she had done for her own daughter, ernment Civil Hospital, who in and wanted to see her married to a evidence said that he found about good man. If complainant remained 18 bruises on her, mostly on the left with her she was going to try to at arm and the upper part of the range that, shoulder, There were also a bruise, on her face. Most of the bruises were "deep to the skin," but the akin was not broken. His opinion was that considerable pain must! have been inflicted. When he saw wither a feather fan, then the girl the girl she appeared to be agitated.pushed her over.
The girl ther gave evidence. She Ag amah employed in the house cor- said that she was at present 17 roborated this evidence, and second de- years of age (Chinese reckoning) fendant said she only struck the girl pushed her and had been with the defendants because the latter had
mother down. since the death of her father, when
Mr. Rendall submitted that if the she was seven or eight years old. gist had been brutally caned, her skin She had sometimes been beaten by would have been cut, not merely bruis- the defendants, but on the whole ed. The punishment was reasonable ahe was not severely treated. and the defendants were entitled to in- Defendants had no servants and shefiet it owing to the conduct of the girl, had to do household duties such as the girls was a mui teni and not an M. Buiters in reply emphasised that washing, ironing and tidying up the
adopted daughter. The doctor had house.
Sometimes she also had to stated that the punishment was excer- go out shopping.
sive. If the defendants had been so anxious over the girl's morality, they would not have sent her out to work last year, where there was no muper- vision,
On one accasion last year she was sent out to work sorting peas in a Chinese firm, being paid between 20 and 40 cents a day, all of which was taken by the defendants.
Dealing with the happenings on July 18, witness said the complainant had been talking to young men at 7 pm, and again at 11 p.m., whereupon she was scolded by witness. The girl an-
swered back and witness struck her
Magistrate's Views
Mr. Hamilton stated that he found Midnight Assault
the second charge very difficult, as the Coming to the alleged assault on wording could be applied to any July 18, the girl said that she was assault, and one might say that no sent out to a tank near the Western serious beating could be inflicted on a Market, to fetch water. She re-child. He was perfectly satisfied in turned some time after 10 p.m. and his own mind as to what happened in The two defendants looked was scolded by her mistress for be this case. ing away so long. Nothing hap-perfectly respectable and it was a fact pened for the next two hours, but that the girl had nice clothing and good treatment. He was inclined to shortly after midnight, the
accept the defendants' story in its ex- defendants went up to her bed and tirety. He thought the complainant assaulted her with canes. She was was a high spirited girl as he had. him- severely beaten and next morning, self had to order her out of court for after doing her usual work she interruption. The girl appeared to have been decently treated and well made a report to the authorities.
brought up and these people, had on this occasion acted upon provocation.
two
There was some amusement dur- ing the girl's cross-examination by Mr. Rendall She told him that she wore the cast-off clothing of the younger defendant, whereupon counsel produced a blue silk jacket, a pair of silk trousers, and a pair of Chinese shoes, and asked her if she bad-worn those.
The girl replied: "Those are my best clothing!"-(Laughter).
In further examination, the girl denied that on the night that she was assaulted by the defendants she was talking to a young man at 7 o'clock.
Mr. Rendall: Later, at 11 o'clock, were you speaking to another man in the street ?-No.
Did first defendant hit you on the face with her fan ? She did not use a fan.
Did you push her over No. ::. Did she fall on the ground of her own accord ?-She did not fall. No Betrothal
Mr. Hamilton: "You are getting quite a big girl, are you going to be betrothed ? No, I am not going to be betrothed.
Whose business would it be to find you a husband I am with my mistresses, and I expect them to find me a husband.
I suppose like most girls of your age, you like to chat with young men 7-If there is no evil intent
there is no harm.
No, no, there is no harm. I sup- pose you have talked with young men ?
"I must find that on the medical evidence that the defendants have used niors force than necessary," said Mr. Hamilton. "The Chinese, I know, loathe this idea of a young woman talking with young men. There is no thing to be surprised at it. I don't think her punishment very severe under the circumstances.. -Defendants are fined $10 each on the first charge."
His Worship then aded that Mr. Butters had better zes about the girl's mother and he suggested that the S.C.A. might make inquiries before. acting.
Mr. Butters inquired if his Worship ruled whether the girl was lautan replied that he would not rule pas way For an adopted daughter Mr. Hamilton
or the other as the question did not arise
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