Mr. Inglis, the facts brought before the commission pave him to have made a statement, I should hope unintentionally - my only reason for adverting to this scandalous charge is to show that I feel it more than any other, it being an attempt to defame the character of my wife, whose only fault is that she is of Chinese birth.
The change is manifest that it is... that the Chinese are... and very... I am averse to give evidence against him (myself) is arrived at I can only imagine from the statement of Mr. Chow, the interpreter, the total worthlessness of whose evidence on any point has been satisfactorily proved in the course of this enquiry.
The Commission state that it has been proved that I aided in the acceptances for Marchom, Wong, and that Sze-tong had been imprisoned for debt for a for...
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