A native shopkeeper named Di Yang-yen was charged with having circulated false, libellous and criminal charges against the complainant, Hung Tingling; with attempting to exact money from the complainant by threatening to acvose of crimes; and with viola ting a to the @, given at the Mixed Coan? amic Mr. C. R. Holcomb appeared on behalf of the complainant, who is Mr. Holeomb's compradore. Counsel said that some time ago a woman who had been deported claimed as her danghter the concubine of the assistant compradore of the Shanghai Tug-boat Ca., and sued the assistant compradore for seduction, In her petition to the Court she mentioned Mr. Hung's name, probably thinking that because he came from the same place as the assistant compradore, he would help to compromise the matter. The case came before the Court at the beginning of last year and the Court ordered Mr. Hung to settle the matter. Mr. Hang was " member of the committee of the Kiangpeh Guild and a8 an act of charity paid her $320 from the funds of the Guild. She then filed a bond in Court, praying that the petition be dismissed. Later on she revived the matter again, hoping to extort some more money, and sent petition to the Tantai, who dismissed her petition and ordered her to be deported. A short time afterwards she again returned from deportation and aseanited Mr. Hung. At the same time the present occured caused some papers to be posted which contained libellous matter concerning Mr. Hung. The woman and the accused were brought before the Mixed (Court on the 27th day of the 11th moon of last year, and the woman was ordered to he deported at once, while the man was ordered to give a bond that he would keep the peace and be of good behaviour, the Court dealing leniently with him on account of his old 9 The man did not keep his bond, however, for he afterwards attempted to extort $500 from Mr. Hung and actually was paid $60 by the latter, In the third moon of the present year the woman again returned to Shanghai to ition the Taotai and was once again deported. Then the present accused went to Soochow snd Inid before the Governor certain serious charges against Mr. Hung. The charges were fully investigated by the Court and were found to be false. The charges, which were of a very serious nature, were to the effect that Mr. Hung was an Q. accomplice of a bandit who had been sentenced to death; that he was guilty of transporting arms and of impersonal ing Nanking detectives; seducing certain girl; establishing " gambling house la Hanbury Road, Hongkew committing adultery with' and selling the daughter of another man; and with al from
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