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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