Frew Ote OWN Comesrostesr, whew, Sze, Mar, 1d.
The county court has bees providing strange news, Just recently" a" Fengkutsing—family accused a "woman" of thieving ant brought "her" to the.yamén at Mifenchow for judgment.
The prisoner, his judges inform me, is a man who for several years has been posing as a woman. Nature has favoured him a rathe Feminine voice, although ax was explained, his "Adam's apple" was luberance, He grew bound his extent. "He had families as a Female servant, and an two occasions had gone to the length of gert Hsinarried to another man for the sake of the nroney paid to the woman, according to Chinese custom. JOn bork occasions he had bolted before the week Tt appears that the lst family who employed him discovered his sex, but for the sake of their "fact would not represent him ployee, accusing him—instead of coming as a thief, and not admitting that they knew his real 9 In China for a man to pose ax a a crime regarded punishable by death, I understand that the authorities here feeling that death was too severe a xentenc wrote t0 ha Tua for" instructions amawer wie that secured june di acenrding to Tt is apparently not such a serious for a woman to pose as Lin time here a Wave enlisted. When it became Known she was given a present, and sent home.
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