The Archive · 1937

Strange Assault Charge

A case where a hawker was cused of biting his future father in laws right car was heard" by the First Special District Court on Jan. 20 with the result that the hawker was found gullly of a charge of assault and sentenced to ten da detention. The complainant's ear was bitton In the charge room of the sor Yangtesepoo Police Station.

According to Zing Yue-kwel, the complainant, who. appeared. in the fourt with his injured ear bandaged, fle daughter was engaged to the Accused, Huang' ial-kung, but not Tong ago she lett for hor native dee {Piet without informing' her net, Suspecting that the complainant had made hie flaneée leave: Shanghai, the Bectsed insisted that the elt be Po: tied to" him by the' "cemplainan, although" a letter was sent to" the gesueed EY he Hand, "ling im district. Bee nates had returned to her" nai

On anuory 19, the accused and the complainant "again "talked. over the matier in a'"ten_ shop" when the accused Went. to" the Yangtse" oe Police Station, reporting that the Eomplalnant had abducted his Mancée. When the complainant was taken te the station for questioning, he met Inthe charge room the accused who iddenly went up and it the. com-Diamant' right ear. The. whole fate Was then unfolded by he com: plainant with "the result that the hawker, not" the" compistnant charged,

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