A native nomed Liang Nyok-si was charged with having bought a girl, aged fifteen years, for the sum of $60 in June 1807 and having brought her to Shanghai for immoral purposes and with having lived on the proceeds since July 1907.
The facts which brought the defendant's mode of living to light and upon which the Police based the above charge, were related by Detective-Sub-Inspector FitzGibbon to be as follows At 7 pam. on Saturday, the 8th instant, the woman mentioned in the charge was sent out by the defendant and returned at 11 p.m. accom pa by a man she had met in Sinza district. After a short stay in the house, guest went away, after paying the wroth $2.50, which money the amah gave to the defendant. At 1 am, the defendant, who was a restless sleeper on account of his addiction to opinmsmoking, awoke and noticed that the door of the woman's bedroom was He entered her room and invited hi smoke opium, but she refused and told him that the man whom she had brought to the house had brought three bottles of medicine, which he told her to take. She refused to drink the medicine, bat the man forced the contents of one bottle down her By the Coroner—His master was not sick, bat had lately been very depressed. Three days ago he complained that he had a headache. In other respects he seemed to be sane.
Dr. von Schab stated that he was the late Mr. de Bavier's medical attendant and had known him for four or five years. He had attended him five times daring the past fortnight. Mr.
Bavier complained of sleeplessness and mental depression. Witness gave him some sleeping powders and a bro-
Two unemployed natives were brought up on remand charged with the theft of seven bicycles on various dates during December and January.
When the case was first heard the defendants were ordered to pay into Court the sam of $600—the value of the stolen birycles—and were released on security to enable them to raise the money. Failing to pay this amount they were re-arrested and again brought before the Court and remanded for further inquiries. throat by holding her nose. After his departure she found out that a silver watch was missing from her room. Shortly after her conversation with the defendant the woman became unconscious and at 3.30 am. the defendant reported the matter at Louza Station and also reported the theft of the watch. The Police visited the defendant's house, and on entering the room where the woman lay, saw a man's overcoat on a chair and three bottles ona table near the bed. One
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