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suid Emil toget, and that unless the Court assisted him | by myjunction or otherwise to obtain the release of Chune-
-chin the cause could not property be tried. One Chinese
witues deposed that the plaintiff in gaol stated to him
• unlawfully detained at the instance of the
that he 11
wad
i defendant. Another Chinese witness Ohun Cheong
deposed that the plaintiff in gad told him that he haut been arrested and was still confined at the instanes
of the defendant Enit Vogel - He also deposed that he
himself arrested at How Kong for Chun Sun but
evas
released, and that upon enquiry
wrest he
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a
told that a
the
rtason
of
auch
foreigner in Hongkong had
Chun Sun of over $2,000.
claim against Chun Sun
The plaintiff's solicitor deposed that on the 16th
he was
February 1875 he
informed by Chun Lun the
nephew that the plaintiff.
evad
improperty imprisoned
at Canton at the instance of the defendant Emil Vogel
that he (the Solicitor) had written to mr hueder who
replied
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the
th
17th February that the matter reated
in the hands of the Chinese authorities and that at
his regret he was not in a position to interfere with measures which they deemed fit according to Chinese
lave and Customs. That in an interview at Canton
on the 13th March Mr Luoder admitted to him the
Solicitor that Chum Chiu
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• imprisoned at the instance
The could prevent
of the defendant and stated that if
it the said Chum Chin should not be released mitil
Chun Sun had discharged a debt of
over $2,000
which
the defendant claimed to be due from the Tax-wo shop
and that the said Consul positively promised that
should Chim Sm pay the said sum so claimed
by
the defendant the said Chun Chin should be released
Mr Smith the acting Colonial Secretary deposed
that