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residents with arsenic (See 26-6-33) and (21-8-33 for previous references to the case). A significant feature about this piece of bread is its remarkable state of preservation after seventy-six years - even the rats and cockroaches appear to have left it alone: and while discoloured yellow by now, it retains its shape and form. The explanation is obvious; it is well impregnated with arsenic!
COURTS(3).
The local breach of promise case just concluded has been described as the first suit of its kind ever to come before a Hongkong Court. This is only true inasmuch as the action went up for actual trial; but it is interesting to find in the old records a previous case, sixty years ago, which was the first to be brought in the Colony, the plaintiff, however, being non-suited. The reference is dated September 23, 1873, and is reported as follows:-
"Summary Jurisdiction Court, Before His Honour T. C. Hayllar.
"Foong-a-leen v. Thos Ide Bowler $500. This was a claim for breach of promise of marriage.
"His Honour asked what evidence the plaintiff had to prove her case. Plaintiff said that she had one witness in Hongkong, but she was not aware that she must bring him to the Court.
"His Honour said that she must be non-suited as the act had not been existent to this Colony. She had leave to bring another action if she could obtain sufficient evidence to prove her case.
"The defendant was about to make a statement to His Honour, but was at once stopped. His Honour said that he could not listen to him. The case caused great excitement; the Court being densely crowded during the proceedings.
A comment on the above case appears in the Hongkong Times of September 25, 1873, as follows:-
"That the first case of the sort in China where the damsel is a native and the defendant a European should have been brought forward in Hongkong, is perhaps not very remarkable and the advisors of the forlorn young lady, whoever they may be, deserve our sympathy on their being non-suited, for we are indebted to them for a novelty in legal questions here. The case has evidently been brought up for adjudication a great deal too soon: it would have been far better to have waited a short time and have been able to produce an array of witnesses who would be able, in choice 'pidgin', to relate the affectionate terms upon which plaintiff and defendant were in the habit of meeting and the endearing epithets customarily employed.
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residents with arsenic ( See 26-6-33 ) and ( 21-8-33 for previous references to the case ). A significant feature about this piece of bread is its remarkable state of pre- servation after seventy-six years - even the rats and cock- roaches appear to have left it alone: and while discoloured yellow by now, it retains its shape and form. The explanation is obvious; it is well impregnated with arsenic!
COURTS (3).
The local breach of promise case just concluded has been described as the first suit of its kind ever to come before a Hongkong Court. This is only true inasmuch, as the action went up for actual trial; but it is interesting to find in the old records a previous case, sixty years ago, which was the first to be brought in the Colony, the plaintiff, how- ever being non-suited. The reference is dated September 23, 1873, and is reported as follows:-
"Summary Jurisdiction Court, Before His Honour T. C.
Hayllar.
"Foong-a-leen v. Thos Ide Bowler $500. This was a claim for breach of promise of marriage.
"His Honour asked what evidence the plaintiff had to prove her case. Plaintiff said that she had one witness in Hongkong, but she was not aware that she must bring him to the Court.
* His Honour said that she must be non-suited as the act had not been existent to this Colony. She had leave to bring another action is she could obtain sufficient evidence to prove her case.
" The defendant was about to make a statement to His Honour, but was at once stopped. His Honour said that he could not listen to him. The case caused great excètement the Court being densely crowded during the proceedings.
A comment on the above case appears in the Hongkong Times of September 25, 1873, as follows:-
"That the first case of the sort in China where the dam- sel is a native and the defendant a European should have been brought forward in Hongkong, is perhaps not very remarkable and the advisors of the forlorn young lady, whoever, they may be, deserve our sympathy' on their being non-suited, for we are indebted to them fora novelty in legal questions here. The case has e vidently been brought up for adjudication a great deal too soon: it would have been far better to have waited a short time and have been able to produce an array of witnesses who would be able, in choice' pidgin", to relate the affectionate terms upon which plaintiff and defendant were in the habit of meeting and the endearing epithets cus- tomarily employed.
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