A Chinese woman and a coolie, were brought before Judge Chan jin the Special Provisional Court on Tuesday morning on a charge of having been concerned together in conspiracy to sell the former's!
Plain-clothes Sgi. Hutton said that the complainant was the father of the child, Wong Ng-ding, and that he had reported to the police that his son had been kidnapped in Avenue "Joffre. Inquiries were at, once made and it was found that the child had been sold. He had been placed. in the care' of the! second accused's shop in Fokien Road by the mother for nourishment and ithe instructed the second accused to sell him because she was too poor to care for him. The child was accordingly sold for $50, $40 of! which was paid to the mother and the remaining $10 was given to the second "accused as commission, Later the baby was again sold to Jo family in the French Concession. The father did not know that hi son had been sold.
Complainant told the Court that ithe boy was three months old. He was placed in charge of the second Jaccused for nourishment, On the 17th instant he went to see him and to nay $5 for his keep but the second accused refused to receive this money, nor could he tell bim where the child was, He then went to the station and reported the matter, He did not know that his wife had been concerned in the sale.
Li Zang-sz said that the second accused had told her that he knew of a baby who was about to be placed in the Door of Hope by his parents} because they were too poor to keep him. Witness told him that she} knew of a friend. who was childless Jand perhaps she would buy the baby. The sale was eventually entered into and $50 was paid. This statement was corroborated by a woman who tought the baby.
The first accused denied being] concerned in the sale. She had entered into employment as a wet nurse and so she left the baby with [the second accused.
The second accused said that they} Jarranged between them to sell the baby and so this was eventually, done.
Judge Chan remanded the case {for the higher court and ordered the /second's accused's detention,—The first accused was granted bail in the sum of $500, shop security,
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