The hearing of the petition for the writ of Rebeas corpse submitted by Mr. H. D, Rodger, counsel for Mr. Ing Sai-wah, in the U.S. Court commenced on June 18 before Judge Purdy and was adjourned for one that of three-year-el. Kenneth Wah, American child adopted by Mr. Ing, and brought out on the str. President McKinley to Shanghai, where he was held by the United States Marshal, Mr. Thurston R. Porter, on instructions from the Secretary of State at Was! ton, following a claim on the made by the moth As it came out in evidence that Mr. Ing had not the necessary documents showing his adoption of the child, the hearing. was adjourned one week that it could be ascertained when ther such adoption papers had ever been filed and approved by the New York court,"as claimed by Mr. Ing. If it is confirmed that the papers were issued, Mr. Ing will be allow: led temporary. custody of Kenneth Wab, provided he remains within the jurisdiction of the U.S, Cours, [pending tRe hearing of the case in which Mrs. Ing Sai-wah, in Americe, claims custody of the child, Evid-fence and statements in this ease will have to be mailed from America, and it will be some time before they arrive, Meanwhile the child remains in the care of Mr. and Mrs. Thurston Porter.
Dr, Sellett, District Attorney, appeared for the Marshal, and state? that by agreement Kenneth was not in court, Mr. J. B, Davies appear ed for Mrs, Ing Sai-wah, and asked for an adjournment as he had little information and no additional facts on which to work at present, having' received as recently as Saturday a cable from Mrs. Ing's New. York lawyer asking what was happening. In return he had cabled information regarding the petition for habeas corpus and asking for instructions which had not yet been received. Judge Purdy, however, declined to grant an adjournment on these grounds, and decided to hear the "After argument regarding tion, Mr. Ing Sai-wah was put in the' "witness box and examined by Mr. Rodger and cross. examined by Mr. Davies and De. Sellett.
He stated he was a Chinese citizen, 50 years of age, resident New York since 1918.' He lived at 35 Henry Street and had a restaurant and cigar store at 18 Bowery. In March 1926 he married an Irish girl, Charlotte Brown, and in 1927 hho and his wife adopted Kenneth, who was brought to his restaurant by a woman, "This latter was an American, some 28 or 29 years of age, who could not pay her doctor's bill, and Mr, Ing gave her $100, He 2 and Mrs, Ing looked after the child, then only two weeks old, and a fow days later decided to adopt him, with the consent of his mother and father, a Shanghai Chinese, who was attending college in' New York. The mother and father, with Mr, and" Mrs, Ing, signed the adop-ion papers before a Court, out Mr. Ing left them in his house in Brooklyn, A photostat copy of Kenneth's Dirth certificate together with his baptismal certificate were produced in court and identified by witness Both gave the date of Kenneth's birth as May 6, and showed his parents to be Mr. and Mrs, Ing Sai-wah. These certificates wore obtained for witness bya Mrs. Charm, a 60-year old American woman, and at that time witness did not know that Kenneth's birth had been re-
Dr, Sellett pointed out to the court' that Kenneth was shown as stated in New York's records of vital statistics, and asked how this got registered in this w suggesting that Mrs. Ing may hav been the mother of the child, but that Mr, Ing was not the father. Witness affirmed Mrs, Ing's running. away shortly after Eh with three men, referring to hor habits of going out with other men 0 many sometimes she makes me nearly crazy: all New York knows about it." A further: curious point is the erasure on the baptismal certificate and th ing in on top of the figure the word "May." A point regarding these certificates was brough: up later in the day to the effect that they had to be signed by a physici wife, and that this birth certificate was in order.
Mr. Ling Yuen, a Cantonese reident in New York for 12 years, was the second witness, and he corroborated most of Mr. Ing' testimony, adding that Kenneth's mother was called "Rose" and that she was a waitress in a restaurant at 10 March Street, New York.
Kenneth's father was a Shanghai Chinese whose face he would recognize, although he did not know his name Mr. Ling Yuen had an American wife also, and she was shown Kemneth's adoption papers by Mrs. Ing.
Farther arguments ensued regarding the chili's identity and the. legal aspect of adoption in eases of diverse nationalities, following which it was decided to wait until further information comes to hands ind the Judge adjourned the Kearing as stated.
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