Friday, May 11, 2012


A Chinese Row.—An infirm .looking Chinaman named Ah Loung appeared oa a charge of assaulting Wah Sing by striking him on the head with a stick and with breaking six panes of glass, valued' at £2, belonging to the same informant. Mr. Skelton defended, and Sub-Inspector- Gordon prosecuted. The complainant, a laundry-man in Upper Queen-street) said that on the evening of the 17th the- defendant" came to his shop to collect a debt. Wah Sing had no money, and asked him to wait. The defendant received no provocation and struck him heavily on the head with a stick, besides breaking a number of windows. Other witnesses described an argument between the two men, the striking of Wah. Sing by Ah Loung, and the smashing of the windows by the defendant. Mr. Skelton said the accused was suffering from an incurable form of paralysis. He had no money,, and when Wah Sing 'was approached he (the informant) used Dad language, and appeared to be so threatening, that the defendant was exasperated by this, coupled with the fact that he knew he was incurable, and losing controt of himself,struck Wait Sing wita his stick and broke the windows, H_i Worship said he would convict Ah Sing of the assault and order him to come when called upon. He would also have to pay the cost of the broken windows and medical expenses. The interpreteer informed the magistrate that the defendant's fellow country-men in Auckland were going to send him back to his friends in China. Auckland Star, Volume XXXVII, Issue 205, 28 August 1906, Page 5

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