Undue loquacity yesterday obtained for Mr. D. M. Kable, who was assaulting Mrs. N. of six months and to pay U.S$15 as damages.
a statement in court to the that the plaintiff and her husd were anti-Semitic and Naz and passed a number of remarks on their character.
At the beginning of the ing Mr. Leighton Shields, the U. 8. District Attorney, said that the defendant wished to referse his previous plea of not guilty. He advocated leniency for the defendant on the grounds of his age and this change of attitude, although there was no excuse for the assault, Mr. Kable asked permission of the court to make a statement. This being granted he said that he had known the plaintiff and her husband for about three years, and stated that he liked them both, but that about the time that large numbers of refugees started arriving in Shanghai he noticed that the couple had become anti-Semitic. One day a refugee brought some bottles of brandy to the office, which were bought by defendant, and one of which Mrs, Limbach took. When asked for the money for this bottle later, continued Kable, she refused to pay as the refugee was a "crook and a Jew."
After the defendant had finished his statement the District Atorney rose and said that Kable's assault seemed "more malicious than haphazard," and that he went out to make trouble.
Giving judgment, Judge Milton Helmick said, "I am forced to conclude that you're too much of a nuisance and a busybody. I do not think that your statement helped you much. I dont know what to do about you, but am going to give you some punishment," Having passed sentence he added, "If I have made a mistake by giving yı liberty, it can easily be corrected."
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