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ness for the prosecution but could not find the man. He was inform
THE CHINA MAIL,
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ed at the house that Hon Fook was Bank, wire not in the Colony. Subsequently he Bank, on demand had sent two District Watchmen Bank, 50 days' right see if Hon Fook had returned, but Bank, 4 months' eight 1/11
manths' Credits, 4 they failed to find him.
sight
Mr. Watson said that he did noti see what this evidence was suppose Documentary 4 months to lead to. Certainly, his client could not be blamed if the subpoena could not be served.
Mr. Butters: My cast is that! this man is the accused's husband, and the circumstances of the case) raises a presumption that the girl was ill-treated.
On demand
Mr. Watson: By whom, a neigh bour? That is all that we have had in evidence so far.
Wire Mr. Butter: But I shall call the On demand
girl
A Deed of Presentation
A
Chinese translator of the On demand IS.C.A was then called to give On Singapore-
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Mr. Watson objected as it must first be proved that the document 30 day's sight (private was genuine. It might be a for-i gery for all they knew, and it was certainly not up to him to prove Gold Leaf, 100 ine that it was a forgery.
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reserve argument.
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of the girl Cheng Kiu to Hon Fook Copper Cash by her mother.
Magistrate: Is the defendant im-Rate plicated in any way in the docu- ment? She is not mentioned at all. Chinese Sub. Coin
Mr. Grantham Then it is not Hong Kong Sub. Coin Par. evidence against her.
Mr. Butters: My case is that the accused is the girl's actual em- ployer.
Magistrate She is not responsible for her husband's action in being party to this deed.
Mr. Watson: The prosecution can't seek to vary the document by word. Such variation destroys the document, Magistrate: But the prosecution can prove a subsequent transfer to the de- fendant.
Mr. Watson agreed.
Girl's Story
The girl said that her home was in Sha-cheng village, Sun-on district. Her father was dead and her mother lived in the village. She frequently came to Hong Kong to visit witness, the last time being September 9.
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In further evidence witness said that she had lived with the accused since April last. The only servant in the Her uncle and house was an amah.
When John Coolidge, son of the sunt had foar children, two boys and two girls. Her uncle's name was Hon former President of the United Fook-sang. Witness's work in the States, and Florence Trumbull, house consisted of preparing the tea, daughter of the governor of Con- sweeping the floor when the amah necticut, are married, probably in was busy, and placing joss sticks in the Autumn, they will begin house-Der A. Wings the shrine L'nele did the marketing keeping on an income himself. He was the owner of a but equal to that with which the parents
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The amah was filling a bucket for just as modest as that which Mr. wife.
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woman who sub-let a cubicle from ac and Mrs. John Trumbull established While Florence Trumbull cased and accused told the amsh that in Plainville 迎 quarter century dividing her time between Summer sports and the hemming of dish- towels and table
it was not necessary as the tenant was back, long before they had any
out all night
Witness had told the tenant this and inkling of the honour and wealth she spoke to accused about it. Accused ahead.
then reproached her for carrying tales, Mrs. Trumbull hints that the wed. remarking that she did not act towards ding will take place in the Autumn, her as a dutiful niece should. She and they will live on the salary of (witness) brooded over this, and think
clerk of the New York, New
ing that she had done her aunt a great Haven and Hartford railroad. Mrs injustice, she went out with the in-Trumbull continued: tention of drowning herself. She was rescued by the Indian constable and taken to the hospital.
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est way. But that's all the more fun, we think. By Mr. Butters: At the time wit-
The time to begin ness was handed over by her mother, doing without things is when you the accused gave the bundle of notes to are young and as I look back on mother, and witness had always looked the years when I was first married. to accused for orders. She called the I realize that the Governor and I accused aunt because her mother had really enjoyed trying to get along told her that she was her (mother's) on what we had cousin. Witness would like very much
to return to her mother now.
linens John Coolidge will be busy at his desk. They will be married without osten- tation in the Planville church the Trumbulls attend or the executive mansion.
Thus, probably before Thanks- giving these members of two of America's most prominent familles wil be Mr. and Mrs. John Coolidge --just a young couple trying to get along.
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"We were talking it over just the Mr. Watson asked for an adjourn.father night and remarking that ment. He said that he could not exJohn and Florence will have a lit jamine any of the witnesses because he lle more to start with than the Gov
had taken no instruction from his ernor and I had when we set up client. This was because Mr. Butters housekeeping. Only, of course, had accused her of ill-treating the girl money want further in those days on divers dates from March to Septhan it does now. And people tember and he could not go over every didn't want so much there wasn't day for six months with his client. Therefore he had walled to heath so much to want." evidence arste and reserve cross-t is a fact the palatial home of Examination. It now tranpired that Governor and Mrs. Trumbull at which he made as candidate for
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the Governor's own private, dying Mr. Bosters seld that he put in fald, is the result of hard-earned divers dates because he understood that prosperity following years of dis- the water trouble scarred two months auragement and falure. He is The case was adjourned until to-mor quick to attribute much of his suc- row morning.
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ago.
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