The Archive · 1889

Consul-General, Acting Judicially

ASSAULT ON A BLIND MAN

A young fellow giving the name of Frank Lo Jensens was charged with assaulting Shen Tan-ko, a blind man.

Mr. H. Baowerr appeared to prosecute, The prisoner pleaded guilty.

The atiidavit of the prosecutor was as follows Lam totally blind. I support myself by telling fortunes, and in carrying on my trade, am led about the streets by a small boy. On the 16th of December last, I was passing the Travellers' Tavern in Broadway at about 11 o'clock, when I felt some one tugging at my queue. I am frequently annoyed by native children in this manner and I swung my cane around

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