Atrocious Cruelty in Peking Road humanity repulsiveness was A tale of almost unbelievable in-
told at the Mixed Court on Wednes-cay before the British Asses: o:
ut Jones. and Magistrate Yui, nexion with a C: arge Wong An-sz, a Chinese wou:
ars of age.
vet. Sgt. Knight stated that at about 12 o'clock noon on Tuesda: a report was received that a handcuffed girl had been seen entering a house in Peking Road. A Chinese detective was sent to the place and brought the girl paci to the police station. The girl had chains and a lock around her wrists. She said that she was an orphan and from the country and had been brought into Shanghai by. an unknown man and sold into a house of ill-fame. She had pointed out the accused as the woman who had tied her up.
While in Shanghai the girl had beconie ill and had refused to go out into the street. On account of this refusal, she had been chained to a stool for two weeks and not allowed to go to bed or sleep. Her face had also been burnt with cigarettes. The girl had been sent to the Door of Hope and that institution had sent her to be examined by Dr. Parrott. who had issued the certificate which was produced in_court.
The Assessor, remarking upon the importance of the case, granted a remand for one week.
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