THE HEATHEN CHINEE.
The California ' Advertiser' tells an extraordinary story of a Chinese thief, with the singular name of Chew Kow Yup, who is about to return to Hong Kong with a fortune of £18,000, amassed m seven years upon the slender capital of four words m ■" pidgin English." His first exploit was breaking into a dry goods store, m which he was caught by a policeman. When collared he made n» resistance, but innocently, remarked, " You savee me leper," and the officer fled, giving the prisoner the opportunity to steal seven more undershirts, of which he promptly availed himself. He was only once brought into court, being then charged with wholesale robbery, and when asked to plead guilty, he simply repeated the words of his charm, m a voice at once plaintive and full of expression. The court was cleared m less than forty seconds two of "the jury leaving their, hats behind, and the judge his gold spectacles, all of which Mr. Chew Kow Yup appropriated, together with the loose change m the clerk's drawer. The wealthy heathen is entirely free from leprosy.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume VI, Issue 660, 26 March 1879, Page 2
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185THE HEATHEN CHINEE. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume VI, Issue 660, 26 March 1879, Page 2
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