The sequel to a libellous publication, followed by the fight of its perpetrator, was beard in Court. The circumstances mere that a" native paper of emall moment, by name the "Yang Zsiu Pao, under the notice of ti jor publishing libellous xtatea consequence the editor had been summoned to appear in Court. On the day fixed for his appearance he was not prevent, bat through the colamna japer be announced that he would attend a day or two later, time denying that the libellooe, and tetiog, that the police applied for the confiscation of all the priotiog machinery, and this wax granted, From the premises where the paper had been printed, a machine wax removed by the police, representations were made to that this machine was not the property of the " Yang Teiu P20," bat of the Kung Yi Printing Ca, The machine was then restored to this firm, but the police instituted © watch pon it, pending the decision of the Court.
At the hearing, Mr. 8. Fessenden appeared for the Kuog Yi Printing Ca d said that he bad brought proprietor of this firm to testify ax to the ownership of the machine. Books ere produced showing this to be the case, Mr Fessenden pointed out that the machine bad nothing whatever to do with the " Yang Tsiu Pao."
Mr. R. J. Martin, on behalf of the Police, stated that what was done bad been done by order of the Court, Mr. Fessenden pointed out that the Knog Yi Printing Ca. had never been charged. Even under a strict intertion of the Chinese law this printing company was hardly liable to so severe a penalty as the confiscation of the platt for the mere fact of having printed another paper, of which they knew nothing. There war no evidence to show that there was a deliberate attempt to take part in anything libel-lone.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.