The Archive · 1928

Alleged Public Insult

On a charge of seeking to become unduly familiar with a pretty young American git! in front of the Palace Hotel on September 20 at for-ign dressed Chinese, Tsou-zang giving his occupation as clerk at 480 Peking Road, was before Judge Tseng and Mr. Whitamore, Senior! Consul's Deputy, at the Provisional] Court on Sept. 21 and charg.

with "offering public insult." The young women chanced to be the wife of a foreign educated Chinese.

The accused was released on $100) bail, when the question of the constitution of the court was raised and the suggestion was made that the American authorities might. prefer an American Consular representative to sit on the case with Jude Tseng! §nstead of the British representative.

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