There was a further affidavit by Mr. Chang Yuen-due, President of the Association of Chinese Lawyers in Shanghai City, formerly Vice-Minister of Justice and acting Minister, and one time Chief Judge of the Provincial Courts of Peking, Yunnan and Soochow, wha spoke on the question of Chinese wills. He said that any intelligible expression of a valedictory: wish made a Chinese shortly before his death con: stituted a valid will, enforce~ able by law. If such will were made in the testator's own handwriting, or was signed by him, no witnesses were required) Mr. Chang, having examined the deceased's letter, testified as to its validity as a legal document, notwithstanding that it was typewritten, was in the English language, and that there were no attesting witnesses.
In answer to his Lordship, Mr. Wing said that no other persons His Lordship pointed out that the affidavits received from Hongkong were without seal, stamp or chop, and he was not sure that the signature of the '"Commissioner" alone was sufficient to render them admissible here. It was possible they would have to go back to Hongkong and be re-sworn.
Mr. Wing then asked that the deceased's letter be admitted to
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