'A servant named Lee Ah-wong was before the Court on a summons for prompting a witness who was giving evidence at the British Police Court on the 15th instant.
Insnector Matheson stid that on the 15th instant a case was heard at the British Police Court in which the present defendant was complainant: and charged an Indian watchman with assault. During the eas" one of the defendant's apprentice ® was tiv'ng evidence and said something which was corrobo ative of the watchman's story, whereupon Lee Ah-wong said someth iv Chinese to the apprentice.
'T. Macdonald, usher at H. B. M. Poli Contr, said that Ure defendant ed by him not to speak to th" wi did it again and had to be put out of the Court. Mr, J.C E. Douglas, ths Police Magistrate, woul give evidence if necessary.
The defendant vas sentene'd to 50 blows.
Extensive Frauds. man and woman (mother and son) were before the Court on no less than thi teen charges of fraudulently obtaining goods from various native complainants, The frauds had taken place between October 1903 and this month. The goods obtained were clothing, furniture, and household necessaries, of the total AE MolAQL. The two defendants had and borrowing goods for use at the son's wedding, which they announced was to take place aberty. Tastead of vetting ma—and shared the venseeds tithe mote tied, however, the son pawned the Is
'There were 18 witnesses for the prosecution, but the Court was natisfed of the pri sone: s' guilt after hearing only four, la spite of the female prisoner's protestations of innocence.
The male prisoner was sentenced to 500 blows and 5 years' imprisonment, and the female to 5 years' imprisonment and 20) blows, to be administered 100 at a time at an interval of one month.
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