The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1889-01-30

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lowing case, which is reported by tIis
highest authorities of the blu Kuaur
provinces, has been under judicial III
veslgatlon FOR some time past and its
final settlement IS now-repor - The
principal parties % i tteFe She Yum.
shin. b nlan Who kept a draperyes
tablisllnent az a place called Jen-ho
IN the Kurgsan distfIcE and two per
sons named Chang Ts1-mao and Chang
Ming-la, father and son,,vho carried
on atfade n 4 ra!ycod $ =
About the middle of last year the
latter purchased the trees ofa small
wool N the Chang ling district and
went with o number of their Servants
to cut them down and convert them
INTO liIew6dd They then hired a boat
belonging toR Chung King man to con.
vey the products to the Kung-an dis
gsstFTcg fwhere they heard tAerei was a
prospect OF high market for It One
G night. shortly after their arrival al
- thai place. the drapery establishments
EaiofiShe fun-shan was attacked by rob
--beFs and completely rIfied, the pro
.rlaipfietor himself and his wife being
.r,slsohh dol in the struggle with the. as
sailants. The robbers were pursued BIZ
e74the village police, but osntriSed to
'zi'snlaSe their escape under cover Of night.
if4-S Next morning She YlifIsfEan lin
stittl; NJ q search for the properly and
found hxe bales of cloth part of the
pIuIider, at a place not far from where
Chang fsu-niao's boat was anchored
and his Suspicion having fallen on It's
SIX occupants, he called in the aid OF
the police and had them at once ar
rested When he brought them before
the magistrate he charged them with
piracy and falsely alleged that he found
the stolen goods on board the boat.
TIE accused, having refused TO con-
tesS we're beaten and tortured, and in
the end one or two of them, dreading
further torture. said that they had
agreed with Chang TSu-mao and his
son TO rob the house, but were not
present ct the commission of the deed
Chang TSll-n1ao and his son were
again brought before the magistrate
and were exposed once more to tor
ture. but they still firmly adhered to
the declaration of their innocence
Both I,lcn died under the ordeal. and
the wife OF the former Instituted pro
ceeClISS against all the parties respon
able for the death of her husband and
son.
The magistrate was at once removed
from Office and degraded, and a full
investigation of the whole circum-
Stances was held in the provincial
capital with the result that the inno
cence of the six men was completely
established The blows, IL was proved,
were administered on the usual places.
the buttOcks and legs. and no illegal
torture TaS used
The law is that any one who falsely
ACCUSES an innocent person, and
thereby causes his death, is to suf-
fer strangulation after the usual
period of confinement In the pres
ent instance, although the immediate
cause of death was torture, still, as the
torture vas the consequence CT false
accusation, She Yun-sllan has been
convicted under the above provision
of the law. Tbs magistrate is to be
banlshed for his careless management
of the case; the policemen who made
the arrest, and the Yamen underlings,
who only carried out the law in the
usual way, are exonerated from all
blame. and a fresh search is to be
m:sdc for the actual robbers.-North
China Daily News.