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No. 5106. NOVEMBER 18, 1879.)

COMMITTED FOR TRIAL, Tee Afak, 34, a coolie, was charged with the theft, on the 17th, from a house in East Street, a smoking pipe, yale $1. He was convicted on evidence, the owner of the pipe and another man living in the same house deponing to seeing him leaving the house with apparently something up his aleove, then missing the pipe, running after him, seeing him throwing the pipe away and gotting him arrested.

Sorgt. Toomey proved the arrest; prisoner struggled a good deal at first to get away. When first charged he said nothing; but at the Station be admitted the offence. Prisoner was convicted of larceny on 9th April, 1877, (one month's hard labour); on 8th Sept. same year, (4 months' hard labour), and again in 1878 of larceny when he got 18 months' hard labour. He was liberated on the 21st April of the present year after having served two-thirds of his term.

Prisoner being cautioned reserved his de- fonce.

Committed for trini.

INCAPABLE. John Newman, seaman, 8.8. Carnarcon- shire, was fined $1 for being found drunk and incapable on the Praya.

A FOURTH CONVICTION.

Chan A-yan, for stealing 2 jackets, a pair of trousers, and a mat-bag, the property of grass cutter at Kennedy Road on the 17th, was sentenced to six months' imprisonment with hard labour, he having been three times previously convicted during this your and Last,

past 10 o'clock she next saw the child; it was brought to her. Witness's uncle first told her about the child. He said he had found the child. Witness went out to the door and saw her unole bringing the child. The prisoner was also with him. She had She never never seen the prisoner before. gave him any authori y to take away her child. She gave him in charge for stealing the child.

To Pelasner did not know that my uncle had arranged with you to go to Singapore with the child.

Yeung Aon, residing in same houso with last witness, went in search of the misslaz child. He went to the Praya West and found prisoner there with the obi'd. He saw prisoner huy an orange and give it to the child. Prisoner held the child by the hand. On being asked what he was doing with the child, he said he was going to shew it the shipping in the harbour.

The Chief Justice: You said something before the Police Magistrate about the saleable value of a child like this or this sbild. What to the price of such a child in the market ?

Witness: I said such a child as this would be worth $100 or more; but that baing a legitimate son and the only child of his parents they would be very unlikely to sell him. There would be no child then to perform the fillal duties and they would not to likely to sell him.

ideas!

THE CHINA MAIL.

a just ver- he gave the druggist a good ten cent piece.

Ra Lordship ordered the prisoner's case The Court on rising adjourned til 10 to stand over till the end of the Sessions.

THE SHANGHAI MUNICIPAL REVENUE

SPECIAL MEETING OF RATEPAYERS. On the 12th fret,, a spoofal meeting of

"to consider the advisability of omitting Ratepayera, convened by requisition was held in the Municipal Council Chamber,

and in what othor form the necessary re- dues on merchandise from the next Budget, venue can best be raised." According to the Mercury 102 voters were present, having between thom, 248 votes. As there are 633 occupied houses to the two settlements, not one fifth of the householders were represented. Of these 102 voters five men had 74 votes amongst them, five more had 124 votes, or balf of the whole; "thus six. 29, five more bad 21; so that 15 men had teen residents can tax the whole community Mr D. H. Bailey, U. S. Consul General as they please, if they agree, and Senior Consul present, was called to the chair

young children were put down by law, the wife of the defendant; we have been ly before them to secure

I ex-No. 9 Police Station. My husband was a the Court had been for a number of years to him instead. If he had been trying to I need now only refer to what I then said married two and a half years, we lived at dist. The prisoner now charged before and that the counterfeit coin was returned on that extraordinary gumout.

The Chief Justice in charging the Jury, pected that my remarks would excite some trooper in the Police Force, and was fù in this Colony; they had no proof of how pass counterfeit coin, he would have run attention, but I was not aware that my ne- charge of the whole of the troop horses. long. He had known the man for many away. tions of the extent of slavery in this Colo. On the morning of the 22nd of September, years, as no doubt many of the juror had ay would be so generally admitted, still about 6 o'clock, he asked for two cups of too, and he had always regarded him, as no after recapulating the evidence, sald the tea and I gave him a cup of tea; he said it doubt they all did, as a very respectable only question for the jury to consider of I then man in his own poaltion of life. There had whether they believed the statement the leas to find that, though there bave been persons to suggest extenuations without was polsonad and threw it away. number, no one person has been raah got some congee for him. He tasted it and been a great disturbance in the man's mind; bay in the druggist's shop or the statement enough to deny that I have opened up a sald,It is bad, there is some white pow he was being sent home ill, wosk in body of the prisoner. The boy seemed intelll-" The Jary returned a verdlot of not gulity social evil of an appalling character, No der in it," About half an hour afterwards and mind; his furaiture was being sold gent and gave a clear account of the one has dared to say that the fac's I have a carpenter camo. We had fixed to go to off; a great change was taking place transaction. brought together are not in the main ench England on the following day, the 23rd. in his life; of the fature before him

On the 27th of The carpenter wanted some money and prl- he knew nothing; all this was enough by a majority of six to one.

No got." Mr Crawford came to upset the equilibrium of the strongest sa ought not to be. October I said that having brought forward soner said facts, and having expressed my views fally, to see about the prisoner's auction to be man when he had to leave the place where I thought it was my duty to abstain from held on that day. The prisoner wanted to ho had been for many years. He was going controversy and to leave it to statesmen know why so many people were coming to to take his wife to a strange place, a Por-o'clock to-morrow morning. and leglaintore to deal with evils which lie the house. He told Mr Crawford he could tuguese to England; people were coming I went and lay auctioneer was there and everything was In authorities here have declined to prosecuta, ter come at 11 o'clock. within their expecial, province, since the not put up the auction now, but he had bet about the house about money matters; the Under these circumstances He said the bed was full of man's mlad. I would not retracta word I have uttered on down and told prisoner he had better also this same state which would so pray upon a theme subjects. I am satisfied that those go to bed, matters will be treated by H. E. the filth and stank, and he would not go to the poor man asked in the simplest way.- Governor meat properly, that the facts risa bed. I went to sleep and was awakened by "What are so many people doing coming above colonial debatable ground into Im- some one putting bis hand on my forehead, bere "The question itself, did it strike perial questions, and that they will be I was at that time only droway. The them as one coming from a sound mind? I awoke, and at the same time I felt with wore prisoner's mania about the tea and disposed of by the English Government in amah had come in and said something to The next questions his Lordship dealt with that spirit which is the common inheritance me. of all British statesmen. I must now ex- three cuta, two on the throat and one on conge being poisoned. As to the changing press my thankfulness that I failed on the the chin. They bled a good deal. The of the food in the gaol his Lordship showed two ocassions to which I referred on the 6th prisoner did this. By this time he was the ridiculous nature of his suspicions; of October, In the absence from the colony of holding me by the hair. After cutting me and the thoroughhess with which his halu- H. E. the Governor, to induce the proper he left, and I got up and ran outside into cination on this point proved his insanity, authorities to institute prosecutions against the passage. I was taken to the Hospital be having been sufficiently acquainted with parsons said to be holders of slaves, lf and was under treatment of Dr. Wharry the interior economy of gaole to know that Coming such proceedings had been taken, I think for four days. Up to this time my husband nothing of this kind could happen under It not improbable that I might have can- had always treated me well. I attribute the regulations of the prison.

of iniquity what he did to his being Insane. For ato Dr. Ayres' evidence his Lordship asid tinned blind to the mase existing in this Colony, but these dis month before this he complained that his the Colony might congratulate itself that appointmente impelled me more fully to food was poisoned. Bis food was prepared the conduct of the Public Medical officer

Mr K. Little, Chairman of the Municipal delve into these then hidden evils. To under my direction. Sometimes he said it towards this humble man was such as had these dissappointing circumstances it is due was I, at other times the boy, and some-been shown. From the time he was called

every day. And for what purpose. Did Conucil, proposed the first resolution, that I have set forth before the world, that times an Indian trooper. Sometimes be in to see this man he had visited him nearly in this dot of an island under the flag of refused to take either food or drink.

Dr. Ayres sald:-1 am Colonial Surgeon, not the mere fact show that these visits That the tax on land shall not exceed 4/10th England-the flag of freedom-slavery has

on native boness shall not exceed 10 per found a last home; that here there are, Prisoner has been well known to meas & Pe- were necessary and that the man's mind of 1 per cent; that the tax on foreign houses as some estimate, 10,000, as others say, lice Trooper ever since I came to the Co-from the weakness of his body was in a shall not exceed 8 per cent; that the tax lony. I first attended him fn 1874 when weak state and that he required grest care 20,000 slaves. This was the case for the prosecution.

I find on this trial that there is a pretty he was in hospital suffering from a kick in his treatment. Again, whatever he cent. The Council further proposed certain The prisoner being called on for any

I bad that the eldest lagl the prisoner's wife on the 22nd Sept. about man's suspicion of tho parity of the paid without the increase being felt. A statement he had to make, sald: I am a well understood rule about the value of in the jaw from a horse. I recollect seeing wanted he doctor got for him. The poor additions to licenses which could well be labourer belonging to Macao; I came over these children.

not in his right mind considerable amount of damage was done here on the 27th Oct., and 1 met the bro-timate ron seems to be protested by a sort 9 o'clock in the morning. Her wounds soda water, which he believed had been considerable increase was proposed, (from ther of second witness. I asked him how of feeling which makes the taking away of were bound up at the Station, and I sent poisoned, bors ont strongly the princi- $1 to $5) on cargo boats because a on which had cost since 1870 Tls 40,000, ence of this man, and he appears to bandages. The prisoner had been taken to at the time. The question for the Jury by them to the pontoo 18, the repair

was whether this man wa anawerable he was getting on, and if he had work, this child very bad. It seems by the evid-her to the hospital without untying the ple that he was He said he had not, but he was going to

under the olrcum- while the tax bad brought in only Tis Singapore very shortly, about the 30th or know, that the market value of any such the Central Station when I arrived at No.

him From the accident both of the pri-stances that had been proven before them, 6,000. His resolution made up for the 31st Oct. I stayed with him and the child child as we have concerned in this case,9 Station. I went immediately and saw for his actions in that way became acquainted with me. is, he being "sound in wind and Imb

as we would say about a borse we were sonor's jaws were injured and he was oblig. whether he was guilty of maliciously creased bost hire likely to axise by On the morning of the 31st I went out. The child called after me,Uncle, I will about to sell or buy, is $100. With such ed to take only soft food having lost all wounding the wife whom he certainly had doing away with the wharfage dues. go with you." I went near the Barbour a price is it to be wondered at that these the teeth of the lower jaw. The diet pre-once loved and whom he had always The tax on ponies and carriages kept for good terms and who, mended to omit Dues on Merchandize in Master's and saw people getting tickets for wretches should snatch at the sum of $100 scribed for hita became monotonous, and treated well, with whom he had al-hire. He moved that the Council be recom

About a month or

six he now in bis madness believed, was framing the Budget for the next year, and Singapore. I had got my name put down to be made by stealing a child and selling he sometimes ate thugs he was unable ways been on for a ticket to go. I intended to take the it, which la quite an easy matter in the pre-to masticate. child home and then get my ticket. The sent state of morality in this Island. It weeks before the 22nd September he came endeavouring to poison him. Even if they to make up any deficiency in Revenue by tions to the License Fees as they way con- second witness saw ma returning and ac- now only remains for me to sentence you, to me and complained that some one found him not guilty, even then there was increasing the land and House Tax (Native cused me of kidnapping the child. I went Sa Afuk, for that crime of which you have had drugged his porter at the Police Can the terrible roault before them that they and Foreign), and by making such addi- with him so did not get my ticket. When to-day been convicted on the clearest ovid-teen. I asked him about his food and told had to pronounce the man insane and un- I was given into custody I told the conat-ence, to be imprisoned and kept at hard him the illness he was suffering from was der that he would he liable to be confined sider necessary, provided always that the on it. As there was no objection he thought able that I knew the witness. I lived next labour for a term of two years, and to be

during the pleasure of Her Majesty. Thore tax on Land shall not exceed 4/10th of 1

per cent it quite right that Mr Donnys should sp-door to the complainant with the other kept in solitary confinement for one week

was no middle course open for them. per cont; on Foreign Houses not exceed 8 out of every two months during the said

There was no doubt whatever of the fact per gent: on Native Houses not exceed 10 that he did do the acis with which he was pear on the trial of the case in question as Advocate for the prisoner. The caso was s

imprisonment.

charged. The only other course than find- very complicated one; he would be glad if

ing him guilty was to find him not guilty the Counsel engaged in it, would make out

on the gound of insanity. He would not for him a dramatis persone to which they

go into the details of the cases to be found all agreed. As the list of persons and the

in the books; the case was so plain. different parts they took in a tragedy was a help to the reader, so would something of

would simply have the case in their hands;

the kind be a great sesistance to him in a

they would deal with it with Humanity

complicated case of this kind.

and Justice,

SUPREME COURT.

IN CRIMINAL SESSIONS. (Before His Lordship the Chief Justice, Sir John Smate.)

Tuesday, Nov. 18th.

HUARCITY OF ADVOCATES. Before proceeding to call the jurors, His Lordship stated that Me Dennys had made aa application to the Court, setting forth the fact that there was no practitioner here save the Attorney General who, in case No. 18 as In the others, of course proseonted, Mr Hayllar, who in that also prosecuted, and Mr Ng Achor who defended one of the prisoners. Mr Dennys alleged that the other prisoner required a separate mode of defonce; whether he did. or not be was entitled to be defended separately. Under these circumstances Mr Donnys asked that he might be allowed to appear and defend one of the prisoners at these cessions. there was any objection to this, the Court would hear it.

If

The Acting Attorney General believed there could be no objection.

His Lordship said that had there been

any objection he would have had to decide

ORDER OF PROCEDURL.

of these cases,

YEARS OLD.

His Lordship: That is according to your Chinese notions?

Witness: Yes His Lordship: Those are your Chinese Witness: Yea They would not be likely to sell au only legitimate child,-a P. S. Hennessy, at whose station the woman made her complaint about the loss of the child, was called and, to the Court, atated that when she came to the station to make her complaint she was apparently in great distress; she was greatly excited and was crying.

BON.

of second witness.

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Second witness recalled by the Court, atates: I have no brother living next door to complainant. I never saw prisoner be. tore 3 at October.

this esse facts spoke for themselves even

DOUGAL'S CASE.

caused by his indiscretion in diet and not to poisoning. I visited him at the station nearly every day after that till the 22nd September. He never complained of any other thing being poisoned except the porter. He has always been suffering from dyspepsia and other ailments of the stomach since the accident. Previous to this he was always a hale man so far as I knew. He did not come under my care prior to the acoldent. Since then he has frequently

bospital. been under treatment-once or twice in

knew, as to how he was to be treated,

THEFT AND DETENTION OF A CHILD FOUE In case No. 7, Su Afak was charged (1) with unlawfully by fraud enticing away child under the age of fourteen years, and (2) unlawfully by force detalning said child. He denied the charge and was undefended. gave one an idea of the force of a man'sdrew his previous plea of "guilty" and tampered with, bat he said it had been very safely in his hands.

He

Dr.

Mr Artindale seconded the motion, and on the motion being submitted to the meeting, the Chairman declared it carried

Mr Bushanan called-for a poů. on the show of hands.

A poll was accordingly taken and re- favour of the motion and 89 against it.

ulted in 154 votes being recorded in

Mr We more secondad the motion, and the motion on being submitted to the vote was carried by a large majority.

There was no other business before the meeting.

Quotations. BoxGzara, November 18.

In case No. 1 on the calendar, Alexander His Lordship in summing up sald that in M'Dougal was charged with unlawfully without the testimony of the witnesses, wounding his wife, a Portuguese woman,

The result was received with loud cheers He explained to the Jury the difference be with intent to do her grievous bodily harm;

The Jury unanimously found that the tween the two counts, instructing them to (2) with unlawfully wounding, and (8) with

Mr. B. Forbes then proposed the fol- elect one or other of the counts for a verdict unlawfully inflicting grievous bodily barm,

The same Jurors whose names are given To the Chief Justice-He is suffering prisoner was insane at the date of com- and applause,

from monomania now. He belleves now mitting the offence charged against him in of guilty and not both, although they might

"Whereas the authority of the Council The Chief Justice said the cases which he believe that he had partly seduced the above heard this case,

The prisoner, who is in a very reduced that everything he receives in the gaol the two counts on the libel and on account lowing motlon :-

He changes the food of said insanity returned a verdict of not

to collect Municipal revenue under the pre- thought it was his duty to take himself child away by fraud, that is enticed it were, No. 1 (McDougal's case); No. 3, away, and partly taken itby force. The pre-state of health, was accommodated with a is poisoned.

His Lordship then ordered that tho pri-sent Land Regulations has from time to When Mr Mossop had read over the given to him for that of some other guilty on each count.

prisoners. It was reported to me that (Bowler's); No. 7, (child-stealing cane); sumption was that he intended to take the chair in the dock.

Whereas, in the opinion of the Meet- No. 8, (counterfeiting coin); No. 9, (lar-child away out of the Colony to Macao or

he did so, and he gave it to me as his soner be kept in the hospital of the gaol time been called in question, and cony in a dwelling house with an alternative elsewhere and deprive the parents of it for charge to him, he did not seem able to charge of receiving stolen goods) and No. 13, ever. It was not necessary of course that speak for some minutes, but then said very reason that his own food was not good, that in strict confinement in terms of the (conspiring to defraud.) "All that had been the deprivation should be perpetual to call clearly, "I think 1 am guilty." This not something had been done to it to make it Act (39 and 40 of Gao. III.) until the plea ing, it is desirable that the said Regula- "Resolved, that the Council be and are done as yet was to fix Monday next for one for, & conviction; it was mere general de-being, seemingly, heard or noticed by the unwholesome and that it was different from sure of Her Majesty (or the Governor) he tions be revised and the legal powers of the The Acting Attorney General said he privation that was spoken of in the ordi-Court, he rose and again said," think what the other isoners had although they nown. He need not say anything, he Council assured,

nance. He had put a question in the am guilty." Dr Ayres at the suggestion all received the same rations. He com- would take No, 7 first; it was a very short

course of the evidence to one of the wit of the Court asked him whether he meant plained to me that the water given to him Ayres's conduct in this case had been most bezeby instructed to appoint a Committee one; McDougal's case next, and as many nesses the better to enable him to under- to plead guilty, the Chief Justice explaining was unwholesome, that it was poisoned. I exemplary and admirable and the poor of not less than nine persons, who shall be the consideration of the next Annual Meet more of these to-day as the Court could stand the terrible state of things existing that this was a case in which it was very drank some to persuade him that it was man could not be more safe or more likely requested to present a report on the revi conveniently get through.

Were that drink a little." 1 recommended that he prisoner): Are you well treated? in this Colony with regard to the sale advisable for the sake of Justice that he not bad and he said to me,-"You only to do well in any other handa. (To the sion of the present Land Regulations for

The Prisoner: If I could only be sent ing of Ratepayers." of children, de. it did not precisely arise should plead "not guilty," out of the oase, but it was a question that done they would be able to go into the should be watched because I thought his

His Lordship bave no doubt you had not been asked before, and as he found whole facts of the case; whereas were mind unsound, and he was constantly home, your Lordship. a reference suggesting it on the Magistrate's they to accept his plea of guilty they would watched as a man of unsound mind. Owing

bim soda-water from the Dispensary. I which Dr Ayres will have more to say than notes he put the question. It was not only be able to go into the question of to his complaint about the water I ordered desire to be sent home; that is a matter on foreign to the case, for the value of a thing whether he was mentally it to plead.

On this explanation the socused with explained to him why it could not be anybody else I fancy. I can leave you motive in stealing it. Reading over his

tampered with in the making. Whatever The following jurora were sworn in for notes of the question put to the second pleaded not guilty.""

The Aoting Attorney General then he has expressed a desire for he has had the day and the rest relieved till to-morrow #iteas as reported above, his Lordship morning J, M'Waters, L. C. da Silva, continued:So it is. The market price of opened the case. The prisoner at the bar given him. I proposed eggs to him because J. A. Ferrús, J. F. Shuster, A. E. Vaucher, that child is something like $100. is that had been for eight or nine years, a Con- they could not have been tampered with, O. H. I. Seimund and R. J.-Gomes.

Mr. J. A. abiman of the Office not a great inducement to a coolls to take stable in the police force here and some but still he said they disagreed with him: away and dispose of it? So long as there ve years ago he met with an accident, I should judge he weighs about 1094lbs., klok from a horse in the mouth or jaw, and 1 should think be weighed when I first was excused, bis Lordship remarking that was a market for children, where $100 which rather incapacitated him. Recently knew him about 11 stone. As a monomaniac he held a quasi-public appointment and bis could be obtained for a child like that, wan being detained here to day might interfere it to be wondered at that wretched coolies application had been made and granted by who believed people were poisoning him he with the conveyance of the mails. would continue to kidnap them? With the Government for his being relieved from would be likely to assault them believing The come all healthy affection, and I would not would have to be here to-morrow morning, regard to the prisoner's statement about his duties here rather sooner than usual it to be in self-defence. This would over when his name would be called first. Mir showing the child the shipping, it might and for his passage being paid home. Johz Gregor was excused for the Sessions have stood for a moment a fence had heman had suffered from necrosis of the lower be surprised at personal violence as a con- on what his Lordship said was

Sam Atsee, the amab employed by the very not asked that question about going to jaw and had been in a weak state of health sequence,

ever since. The Colonial Surgeon had unsatisfactory medical certificate. Mr. J. A.

Singapore.

watched his case throughout, and he bad first witness, said she remembered the pri- Barretto was also excused, his Lordship remarking that he was very sorry for the

been consulted before the case was decided soner's mother-in-law coming to the house it was partly on his recommendation that on the morning of the 22nd Sept. On On the coming out of the room the prisoner caught The Acting Attorney General In opening Prisoner being asked whether he had the application was granted. the case said the prisoner was indicted for anything to say why sentence should not morning of the 22nd of Septembar prl hold of witness by the jacket. She shortly stealing a child four years old. The faots now be passed on him, said: The child soner, it appeared got hold of a knife or after heard cries from the inner room. She were briefly these. The mother, whose willingly went with me.. I did not entias & razor or some sharp instrument and went was frightened and ran away. The prisoner

to his wife's bed, and cut ber about the had never been violent to witness before, name was Chan Ai, left the child (a boy) the child,

Inspector Cradock, sald I recollect the throat; she was pretty severely wound- shortly after eight o'clock; it was playing His Lordship: That is exactly what theed. About the same time a bog belonging morning of the 22nd Sept. I recollect the outside the door when she last saw it. Jury have found you guilty of; they say to the station was also wounded, but no boy coming in to the Station, he had his About 10 o'clock, when she returned from you did not use force, but made the child the work to which she had gone the willing to go away with gon; you enticed offence in respect of that wounding was hand to his face; it was covered with blood. I sent two constablan to bring the prisoner to the Station. He was very excited. child was missed. The uncle of the woman's it away. husband, the father of the child, who lives

When I charged bim, he said he had had no water for nine days and nothing to eat, and that they were all poisoning him up there. I thought the prisoner was in a weak state, and he appeared to me a man who was out of his mind.

TORKOU.

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The Jury unanimously found the pri- soner guilty on the first count; not guilty

on the second.

charged in the present Indictment. The prisoner had been remanded from time to time. Dr. Ayres, under whose medical care he had been for the whole of the time, would be able to speak to his state of health

His Lordship, in passing sentence, said: In the same house, went off to search for the child, and according to his statement-At the monthly Criminal Sessions for he found the prisoner near the Harbour September in this year five prisoners were Master's Office on the Prays, with the child convicted respectively of kidnapping a child, mental and bodily. It was necessary to In his possession. This prisoner was known of detalning two children with intent to bring this case before the Supreme Court to none of those concerned, neither to sell them, and of selling and purchasing a because in the preliminary examination

This closed the case for the prosecution. the father, the mother, nc. the unele child. Before I sentenced these prisoners before the Magistrate there was some

Being called on for what he had to say, The uncle immediately took him and the on the 6th of October I stated the results evidence that the man's judgment was not child, and was taking them back towards of inquiries as to the state and extent of sound, that he was labouring under some Prisoner said he did not know anything The Chief Justice in summing up said their house in U-lek Lane when they slavery in this Colony for domestic pur-monomania and was not responsible for his about what happened. met the mother, who at ones gave the man poses, for purposes of prostitution and for actions at the time he committed the offence in charge. He made a statement then that various other servile purposes, agrarian and he was charged with. The case was an the question of this man's guilt of that he had simply taken the child out to see otherwise results that at once astonished important one, and it was thought only with which he was charged was one of the Shipping, and it was for the Jury to say, and appalled me, as they appalled very right that the opinion of the Chief Justice mixed science, law and fact. He referred It being proved that none of them know many other persons, They astonished sil should be taken on it, p

The Chief Justice pointed out that the the man in the slightest, what truth there persona. I concluded the judicial declara- could be in a story of the kind. They had to tion I then made with a summary of eight opinion of the Jury was what was really consider the distance he had taken the propositions not one of which has been con taken; the verdict was entirely that of the shild sway from home are the whole sur troverted. At the monthly Criminal Jury. The Court, of course, was there to the reason Sessions for October last two prisoners assist the Jury in matters of law and so on, roundings, and to say

he took the were convicted, one of kidnapping a boy but the verdict was theirs distinctly. able presumption was y child away from its te door with and the other of decalving a young girl The Acting Attorney General had only Intent to deprive the ents of the custody with intant to sell her, and on the 27th of now to point to the position of the pri of the same, and with latent to take it that month I sentenced these two prisoners soner's wife on the question; she was the away out of the Colony altogether.-broker of manklad and buyers and party aggrieved by the assault and she The child's mother, Chan Ai, a marsellers of people. On that ocalon I re came forward to say that she believed he ried woman (whose husband is away from marked on the fact that the Chinese gentry was not in his senses at the time and that the Colony) residing in U-lok Lane West and traders of Hongkong in their petition Point, plated that on the morning of to the Governor, saking him to protect 31st Oct the left her child playing in the them against the Chief Justice, had stract, Aboni B.o alock she went to the threatened the increase of infanticide as a sievol for is and missed its About halt. | "custom" if the "custom" of selling

The Acting Attorney General, in reply to his Lordship, said there was no doubt the man would be sent homa; bis passage would be paid for him and he would be very good officer very liberally treated, for he bad been a

Capt. Deane, in reply to a question from the Court, said the case of the prisoner's wife was before the Government. She was not in want of money. Her mother was The Acting Attorney General said that wall off.

was hoped the man would be able to start under Dr Ayres' able and attentive care it for home before long thoroughly restored

Court adjourned at 1.30 for tiffin. to health.

UTTKKING BASE AND SPURIOUS DOIN.. Mak Au, was placed at the bar charged with attering counterfeit soin in breach of

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The prisoner pleaded not guilty.

The Hon. the Acting Attorney General, opening the case said the prisoner was indicted for uttering a coin purporting to be a silver coin of Her Majesty's currency, but which was in reality a copper coin silvered over. It would appear in evidenca that the prisoner went to a druggist's shop and purchased medicine of the value of 15 cash and tendered a quarter-cent piece of copper which had been coated over with

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Liu Fuk Bong, a boy employed in his father's drog shop in Centre medicine there on the 3rd November. Street, remembered prisoner purchasing Prisoner first tendered a good coin of the Straita Settlements, and said it was worth 112 cash. Witness would only take the con for 110 cash and returned it to prisoner. to the story the wife gave of his good treat. He then tendered a coin which was found ment of her all the time they had been to be copper. Prisoner took the sola up

Queen's. Boad) married up to the day when as she believed and put it in his mouth. The prisoner His Lordship ground, when witness procured a light and his reason forsook him and he committed afterwards spat out the coin on to the (Takes at Messrs Falconer & Co.'s PremiuE,

HONGKONG, November 18: · this assault upon her. entered into the whole question of the picked it up. Be knew it was only sopper man's weak physique, bis years of suffering, becsttee the die was not deep enough and BAROMETER 9 A weakness and suffering brought on by an the rim was not milled. Un the arrival of

Shung Lang Shun, shroff to the Police THERMOMETER *** 70% accident in the execution of his duty, and a constable witness gave both coins to bim the absence in his character of those traits which would have enabled him to fight Court, said he had a knowledge of colur. against a monomania or a manis euch as that The two produced were, one a silver ten into which he unfortunately speed. It might ont plece of Singapore coinage, the other a he had always treated her well up to the bones ssary in some cases to enter copper, but not a local coin; it was allvered. date when this assault was committed. She into subtile distinctions both medios and The Talus of the copper coin is about two The prisoner's defence before the Magis ballerad he was sufferlag from some mental legal in their nature, but in this it was cARD. disesse which made him do the wrong inficient, he believed, to look at the

Thomania McDougal, sworn, stated : I am bare broad pupation and lay it plains - trata was read over, in which he said mak

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