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CRUELTY TO MUI TSAI.
Chinese Youth Sentenced to a Caning,
YOUNG GIRL THRASHED.
A novel form of punishment was meted out to the employer of a 12-year-old mui tsai who was Fal convicted by Mr. A. W. G. H. Grantham on Tuesday of charge of ill-treating the girl.
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It was stated that the girl was sold by her mother to a trafficker who, in turn, sold her to a family surnamed Wong. In course of time, her new mistress died, leav- ying the girl in the care of three g children.
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It was one of these children, a youth 15
years of age, named Wong King-yung, who was charg- aled before the Court with ill-treat-
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The excuse given for a severe beating which was inflicted on her with the handle of a feather dus- ter, was that she had either mis-
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Dr. T. W. Ware, however, testified
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Well-dressed in European attire, the youth, on appearing before S Mr. Grantham, was defended by Mr. Rendall. He was found guilty, and his Worship ordered him to receive six strokes of the
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Mr. Rendall made an unsuccess- ful appeal against the sentence. He asked that a fine should be im- posed instead, but this was refus- fed by the Magistrate.
Mr. H. R. Butters prosecuted in r the case, for the Secretariat of
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FORTY DEPORTED.
Kidnappers of Children Driven from Colony.
THE LATEST CASE.
About 40 Chinese, men and wo- men, who have been arrested as a result of the police campaign against kidnappers are being de- ported by the authorities as a "gradual measure” against the ac- tivities of such people. It is un- derstood that the case of each in- dividual was carefully gone into and that each was found to be connected with gangs of kidnap- pers whose activities have given the authorities much trouble of late.
The latest case of kidnapping is that in which a woman came to the Colony with three children, one a boy. The latter suddenly dis- appeared with a woman who offer- ed her services as a "guide." All efforts to find the boy have failed so far.
attempt to introduce a
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