THE CHINESE OATH.
A good deal of amusement wm (taph q Dunedin paper) created in Court at Waikaia on Tuesday by the informant In] a case in which four Chinamen were*, oharged with assault. The complainants exhibited great dissatisfaction when theaccused were sworn on the Bible, and het| [appeared in Court with three fowls under, his arm, and, pointing to the men, kept oil repeating, " Kill 'im cook." The China-* man who commits perjury after solemnly decapitating a rooster iB supposed to baj destined after death to for evermore assume the shape of a feathered biped wlth-j out a head, and suoh an awful punishment* was alone sufficient in the oomplainanteJJ opinion to deter the aocused from giving: sw wrong version of the affair, and frequent; and loud were his protestations when tin] was elected they should be eworn In'-'a* Christian fashion. It was alleged against; them that they had ruthlessly bastinadoed; the accusing John on the suspicion that he>, had informed the police against one ot| them in a recent sly grog-selling case,, and after a good deal of evidence . tha Magistrate (Mr Hawkins) held the charges of assault proven. They were each fined] £3, and costs £2 4s, and ordered to enter, into their own recognisances in the sum} of £25 and one surety of a like amount; that they would keep the peace forvsir months.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 5256, 11 May 1895, Page 4
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228THE CHINESE OATH. Star (Christchurch), Issue 5256, 11 May 1895, Page 4
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