St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-02-06
FLOwERY KINGDOM MORALS.
Wong Chin Foo Tells Why Peo-
pie in His Native Land Are
Truly Good.

Wong Chin Foo Tells Why PeO-
pie I'm His Native Land Are
Truly Good.
Taking into consideration the millions
and millions of people who inhabit the
FlOwery Kingdom, people often wonder
why so few crimes are committed in the
empire, and why people live such quiet,
neighbOrly lives. Piety thieving is the
most common Offense, but the culprit
seldom repeats the crime If caught the
first or second time, says Wong Chin
Foo in the New York World.
Highway robbery is never repeated if
the highwayman is caught, because it
needs head to plan such things,
and once in the clutches of the emper-
Or's magistrate the bad mans head is
taken away from him pretty quick.
This is what makes crime SO very un-
popular in China. So that the readers
of the World may know how the vari-
Gus Otfenses, so lightly punished.in New
York, are treated in China some of the
more common crimes are given, to-
gether with the penalty that follows
discovery as surely as the sun follows
the moon.
For the first otfense of petit larceny
the culprit receives fifty laSheS OH his
bare back with bamboo rod five feet
long and five inches wide. For the sec
Ond OffenSe he receives 100 laSheS, and
wooden collar weighing 100 pounds is
put around his neck. This he must
wear ninety days and ninety nights.
The Wearcr cannot Seclude himself, but
must make calls upon his friends and
walk in the streets. This is compui-
sorry. For all future Offenses the pen
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the prisoner is reformed.
In simple assault and battery cases
the plaintiff must prove injury by show
ing blood, otherwise he will be
''spanked'' for making trivial COM
plant. For breaking head the penalty
is similar to that for petit larceny, and
for manning it is life Imprisonment. If
the prisoner is rich he can escape i'm
prlSOnment by transferring as much of
his wealth to the injured man as would
secure him life competence without
work. In all eases bail is not accepted
except from men of great literary at
tainments, or degreed scholars of local
OF national reputation. These men
seldom give bail in criminal eases, I'M
less they are satisfied of the prisoners
innocence, and then it is equal to an
honorable acquittal.
An appeal for pardon on behalf of any
criminal must be made through men of
education holding diplomas from the
various colleges. In this way the wishes
of the people reach the throne.
For mischief making or blackmail the
offenders mouth is ''spanked'' so hard
that he cannot use it for some time.
Women are the principal recipients of
this punishment. Any kind OF highway
robbery is punished by cutting off the
head of the offender, while fOrcible
entrance with intent to do injury to per-
son or property is punished by exile.
There are no breach of promise cases,
and if single man assaults an unbe-
tr0thed girl he can compromise by mar
rying and supporting her, no matter if
he he beggar and she princess. If a
married man is guilty of the crime
under any circumstances he is be-
headed, and if single man assaults a
married WOMAN he, too, is beheaded. If
the woman's husband make the diScov-
cry he can cut off the heads of his wife
and the man. For this the authorities
will reward him, because it shows his
manhood.
Under no circumstances will the
scHbeS, or silent lawyers, of China allow
their names to be known in courts, the
duties of the judges being to find out
fer themselves who is right and who is
yWr0ng. No matter il he is a La Wyer or
NOT, any man who aids another to evaeio
the law is guilty of treason. In all cases
plaintiffs and defendants plead their
own causes.