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been the cause
of many wealthy and __ influential Chinese leaving the Colony. As to the Brothel Ordinance arrangements, they are, from their nature, hidden, in a
great measure, from public how the supervision is conducted,
but
gare;
be
may
gathered from such
an incident as took
•place not long ago when the Acting
· Registrar-General actually went in person
suspected to be a
to a house which was clandestine brothel, and having
obtained
entrance under disguise, and so overheard what he thought sufficient evidence against the Proprietress, had her up before him a day or two afterwards and sentensed her to a fine and a term of imprisonment. What valid ground the
can
have had for this
Acting Registrar extraordinary action it is impossible to - conceive, excepting he wished to try how far he could extend his power of espionage, and selected for his first_
suspicion
visit a house on which some
rested, on the principle of fiat experimentum
in corpore
vili. But on.
all
Common
sen se
and
principles of
zurely
justice,
this is
carrying the spy system a little beyond the bounds to which it can possibly
possibly be tolerated. The notion of a Magistrate, who is to sit
repon
the case next day, himself going
brothel and bandying words with
girl, is con
is contrary to every
idea
toa
a China
of propriety. It is perfectly obvious, apart from all __ questions of dignity, that a Magistrate who
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