A native man and wom: i outside Hongkew, were charged with
workshop in the Kiangse Road. napping the wife of carpenter, who has a The husband of the kidnapped woman stated that about eight months ago they were living together at Pootung. His wife was out on business when it commenced to rain, and she sought shelter in a house where the defendants were then living. They pressed her to remain, and she yielded to their entreaties. Shortly afterwards she was prevailed upon to get into boat with the defendants, who took her to Kahding, a village up the Soochow Creek, and there sold her for $112. He (her husband) had seen her there, and she bad told him what he now related. Yesterday he saw the defendants in Hongkew, and gave them into custody.
Defendants denied all knowledge of the affair; asserted that they never lived at Pootung, and did not know the woman they were charged with kidnapping, or the man who had given evidence against The Magistrate ordered the handed over to the Hsien, an complainant was instructed to obtain further evidence to substantiate the charge.
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