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Box v. Kuok Yung Sang.
Kwok Yung Sang, widow, of 9 Li Chit Street, was charged before me on May 19th with having assaulted a servent girl Li Shun Kwai, aged 11, on the 17th. The medical evidence showed that the girl had been severely
beaten with a cane; that there were mumerous cane marks on her body and also several small bruises on forehead, cheek, and left eye: that no permanent injury was done; that the girl was well-kept and well nourished, seemed bright and intelligent, and was in other respects well looked
after.
The girl herself gave evidence in spirited fashion and appeared none the worse in health or spirits for her beating, 2 days before; she admitted having stolen things on previous occasions when she was not punished: she said she had been well treated, and was quite ready to return
to her mistress.
The punishment in question we certainly severe, but punishments among the native population, while rarer, are apt to be more severe than among ourselves: and there was neither sign nor suggestion of any intentional cruelty, or persistent ill-treatment, or neglect.
I discharged the defendant, with a caution, en her undertaking to hand back the girl to her mother.
5th October, 1921,
(Sd.) G. N. Orme,
Police Magistrate,