BREAKING THE SABBATH
CELESTIALS BEFORE COURT,
(By Telegraph. Press Association.) WELLINGTON, Friday.
That two Chinese, in endeavouring to comply with the law in one direction, ran foul of it, in another, was a statement made by counsel concerning Ah Shew and Ah Low, who pleaded guilty to a charge of Avorking at their cafling on 'Sunday. g Counsel said accused were told one Friday that they had to clear out a drain' which was becoming offensive, and were so anxious to comply with the law that they worked on Sunday to 'finish the drain. \ constable said he saw defendants digging in the garden. They were not clearing a drain; but stopped', when witness warned t'hem that they were breaking the law. Defendants were each fined £l.
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Waipa Post, Volume 32, Issue 1781, 10 July 1926, Page 5
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