The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-06-16
Ana SEN I'm COUNT.
IN Interesting scene in tire Sixth his g
trsct Court Yesterday.

trict Court Yesterday.
Yesterday afternoon there was quite 9
gathering In the Sixth District Court to lis.
BEN to the trial Of an interesting exception In
the case of Chow Wung Chung vs. Lee Wung
Ehung. 1t appears that a number Of years
ago, with humble mien and gentle manners
an Acknowledged Individual by the name oil
Flu 10y came across the placid Pacific seas
and established a pseudo caravanserie and
Wholesale store on Royal street, where the
All Sins Of our community for long time
most did cungregate. He had with him the
defendant in the case now on trial, Lee Wung
Chung, besides a number of other Chungs
too numerous to mention. Lee Wung Chung
kept the books OF the concern In the usual
sky-rocket characters seen on tea chests, and
for about five years the affairs Of the con-
Germ were as placid as an opium eaters
dream.
Flu 10y left some time since, and there was
a change in the sign hung forth to the eyes Of
a Credulous public, and it became "Wunu
Chung, dealer In teas" etc. 1t appears Lee
Wung Chung, who was the book-keeper, had
either at u little game OF poker In which he
held five aces In his sleeve or some other ORR
entail pastime secured some $4,000 that had
DtlODKGd bkl5 lhEtfl, anu II sun WIS uIbu 10
recover the same. Lee, through his attnr-
neys. Messrs. @. II. Gutenberg and II. L. Up
ton Esqs., filed an exception to the petition
setting forth that there WAS no ground for the
action, inasmuch as Chow Wung Chung, the
plaintiff In the case, was q firm, and all its
members had not been joined In the suit
Judges Cullom and Cotton, for the defense,
contested this Issue, and yesterday about
twenty celestials were called to testify in the
cause. When it came to the point of swear
ing In an interpreter, there was long and
very inter- sting debate, the one side urging
that they should be sworn by cutting off
cock head, and the other insisting that that
Interesting CEREMONY was not necessary to
ret ut the truth from the average heather
Chinee."
A mir. Scott" respectable looking China
man, who confessed to having been converted
10 Christianity, stated to the court that it was
not necessary to sacrifice male chickens to
get at the bed rock of celpstial's veracity
IN some psrts OF China this little game was
played, but In the part where the Wung
Shungs In this case came from they generally
swore on paper.
Accordingly an oath was written out in
grammatical Chinese by the interpreter, Mr..
Tennyson, the stenographer, not having his
dictionary OF the tongue of Confucius with
him. The witnesses aud the Interpreter then
rolled up the slips, and lighting them with
match, allowed them to burn to ashes.
The oath was: Il do solennly swear that
will tell the truth In this case, and that hone
10 be burned at the stake Like this paper is
now burning If DON'T
We don't know much about the case, but
according to the statements of bystanders the
burning paper didn't have much effect ON the
conscience of the parties, for the two inter-
prefers (they were AFRAID to trust onel
wrangled with one another about what wit
mess had said, and at times the witness. in
choice pigeon English, came out for himself
and stated, Il Ia sayee dat. likee whatee l
tellee 20 straight. Chin-chin too muchee"
at half-past 8 O'Clock Judge Rightor ad-
iOurned the coult.