OPIUM ADDICT
CHINESE BEFORE THE COURT {By Telegraph-Press Association) AUCKLAND. 7th November. Chan Fun, a Chinese fruiterer, aged 48, one of nine men arrested in an opium den last week, was brought up for sentence before Mr Wyvern Wilson, S.M., this morning. A medical specialist gave evidence that the man had an incurable form of tuberculosis and was an opium addict. Because of the danger of the affection it was inadvisable to send him to prison and ho was not n. suitable patient for a sanatorium hut for a shelter. “In his present state he is a menace and should he segregated,” said Mr Wilson.' The accused was remanded to sth December pending arrangements to place him in a shelter or for being shipped to China by his compatriots.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXVI, 8 November 1935, Page 4
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