Lee Kuei-sung, a former Kuangsi offeial, was brough, before Judge Kuh in the Shanghai Special Distrier Court on October 21, on remand, on a charge of illegally keeping his wife confined in a dirty room at 826 Penang Read for several days this, month. Las, week, it will be reaccused was ordered to be in custody pending an examination of complainant's mental condition anti to enable the Court "to appoint a competent interpreter hibited without permission. as apparently those present found difficalt to understand what the parties involved in the who spoke only the Kuangsi dialect, were saying.
Mz. Tsai Pei-nyi was' appointed by the Court for the defence and Mr. 'T, ¥. Chang, Assistant Municipal Advocate, who prosecuted, informed the Court yesterday that, during the period of remand, the concubine had been taken into' custody and the complainant had been examined by a doctor who had found that she was not of unsound mind, The concubine was arrested when she asked complainant's nephew to draft a letter stating that his aunt, the complainant, was suffering from a mental disease, Complainant was then questioned by Judge Kuh, the two accused being removed from the court-room during the examination, and she stated that during the Yemand she had been to hospital.
The Judge asked who detained her in the root but complainant re-fored to speak, "She stated that she not know "when she came to wanghai and that she had never given birth to any children, The first accused, her husband, had four concubines, the second accused becoming his concubine three years go. Witness and the second accused did not quarrel but they: did not entertain good feelings towards each other.
Lee Z-vier, a student of the Ming Tz School, informed the Court that the first accused was his uncle and the complainant was his aunt, visited them every Sunda} not know if his aunt were suffering from mental troubles. The first ac~ cused and complainant. were usually kind to each other and got along well but witness did not know if complainant and the second accused quarrelled. Complainant had daughter in Kuangsi who had died. The first accused did nog tell wit. ress that he was concerned with the second accused in keeping com plainant locked in the room! without food.
Detective-Constable 241 said that, on the 16th instant, he found letter written by the previous witness at the request of the second accused. This was addressed to the second accused's brother asking him to testify that complainant was mentally deranged, Accused were then brough, back into the court-room and the concur bine stated that complainant had been locked in the room by a nul Complainant had a daughter but she had died, Since complainant arrived in Shanghai, she suffered from niental troubles. There wore occasions when she would suffer and attack people with anything she could Iny hands on, The nurse fecked her up because she. wanted to assault the first accused. The arse had now. left their employment, The first accused reiterated the statement he made at the former hearing thay complainant suffered occasionally from mental diseases and that, when she suffered from these, she attacked people. Daring her detention, accused said, he had supplied her with food. The nurse had locked complainant up because she was afraid that complainant would come out and kill him (ae-cused). He was preparing to go back to Keangsi with complainant cond the second accused when he was arrested. He no intentions whatever of deserting complainant, Tsang Yuen-tsang, said he did not know that complainant was suffering from mental troubles and there had been no quarrels so fae fas he was aviate. Complainany was detained for four days and, durin her detention, complainant asked bini for some food and he gave her some, Accused formerly engaged Complainant, recalled, said that she was detained for three days, The first accused supplied her with food but sometimes she asked the. Previous witness to give her something to eat. She did not know who locked her up: i may have been the nurse.
Judgment was reserved until October 28, accused being des tained, Important Question of Interest The action in which the German China Ca, Ltd, of 18 Kiukiang Road, sued the firm of Shun Chow and Mr. Zung An-ching was con cluded in the Shanghai Special District Court on October 22 and judgment was reserved until the
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