was not present the original hearing ax she was giving birth to a child, Then came in the affair when leged husband were been parents of the offspring.
This the alleged husband admitted! and it was were related ini having been ier of the The father d there was anything between tthe son strongly profess sisted he was the rightful father. Meanwhile the adopted dougher claims the father of the child is the admirer who was concerned in the kidnapping case and the lawyers of the son' thereupon' bring action for adultery on behalf against the admirer, though the former is understood to have opposed stich a move and still insists he is the offspring's father.
It is at this action of the lawyers that Mr. Van den Berg protests. His protest reads:—
The Protest I protest against the actions of Mr. Chien Shu-sheng. former procurator of the City Court and who after this case had been remanded on October 11 and 17 informed the Bench en October 24 that he was instructed to charge one of the complainants in ease, Zung Mei-mei alias. Zung Liang with adultery, the named Chiang-ie with whom the said complainant lived together, being alleged to be the wife of one Zau Zien-kung, who }was present in Court. Mr. Chien handed to the Court a petition, which' bore no stamp from the Chief Cler! Office and which, therefore, could not be considered as having been properly filed. It contains the facts on which his client bases his action and Mr. Chien requested the Court to hear that case jointly with the Present one. The judge decided to }do so and in the course of the proceedings a witness, called Zau Zien-tsang, the father of Zau Zien-kung, stated that Chiang-Mei was adopted by him when an infant foundling, four years prior to the birth of his son Zau Zien-kung. He emphatically denies that his son is married to this adopted daughter. The woman Chiang Mei was not present in Court as she had given birth to a few days before that. Mr. Chien at} the close' of the hearing demanded that Zung-Liang be detained or that he put up bail and the judge made an order to that effect in the amount of $300,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.