The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1901-01-28
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Decision Given Against Six
Cinnamon.
Men Told Their story I'm Court s.sur-
day.

For several hours Saturday U. S. Com
missioner bradley sat in his court iisten-
ing to the evidence In TIE cases OF sam
wah kee and his ak Chinese friends
whom he had brought into this country q
few days ago and who hal been appre-
hended by the federal authorities. DIS
trict Attorney Dyer appeared for the gov
erment and Levi Turner, ESQ for the
Monaolians. Originally complaint ha1
reen made out against Sam charging him
with the same offence as the others, being
unlawfuily in this country. Saturday
District Attorney Dyer entered q mol pros
In this complaint but immediately rear
rested Sam on the charge OF aiding AMI
abetting in bringing the other Chinamsn
into this country. This case against
sam was continued one weak, the govern
ment moving for this IN order to have
m ore witnesses. MIR. Turner insisted
that the hearing should not be postponed
ana also asked that the ball be reduced
But both OF these objections Of Mr.. Tur-
ner's were overruled, sam was held In the
buIn u &AttVV tfub ~ tdC 49, ~
court the necessary sursties had not been
furnished.
In the cases Of the other Chinamen
Commissioner Bradley found that they
were unawfuliy in tbs United States
Mr.. Turner moved an arrest OF judgment
but was overrulsd. Then Ma. Turner
took an appeal.
A full hearing was held In the cases oil
three of the Cinnamon. These were
Jang Ark Kee, Bon Tai jam, Ching Qui
Dung. In the cases OF the other three,
Wing Sang On, Hugh Tong song and
Moy wah Ham, Mr.. Turner offered on
evidence as the court had ruled adversely
against the first three named Cinnamon
aud as the testimony OF the other thres
would be the same as the first. Mr.
Turner did not think that it would b.
worth while TO hear the. cases OF the last
three. DIR. Moy of New York, ID bright
young Chinaman who Is one Of the regu-
lar Chinese interpreters, was present In
his official capacity. DIR. Moy Is highly
educated, being graduate OF the uni
versity of Pennsylvania. The testimony
OF the three Cinnamon who were heard
through the interpreter was that they had
landed il this country in San Francisco
about twenty years ago ana that they
had gone to Boston and had then become
members of the firm of Sam Wah Kee &
Go. Each OF the three yellow men stated
that he was about 81 years OF are, had
lived In America about twenty years and
had invested 500 In the business OF Sam
Wah kee. Owing to business in Sans
establishment becoming slack they said
that thsy had recently gone TO Montreal
to open new store. Each OF them had
passports authorizing them to go from
Boston to Montreal and return. Thes'
passports were dated during the veal
1898.
The government had no testimony to In
troduce, the unusual statute covering thil
case OF imposing upon the. respondents
the burden OF proof that they are limo
cent. This statute stipulates that as soor
as a Chinaman is arrested on a complaint
of this nature he must be required Il
prove / Ia innocence. The snag whict
bothered the defence Saturday was The
fact that the Cinnamon, having gone in
to Canada, had not been authorized to rs
turn to this country. COMMISSIONS 81
J Bradley ordered the Cinnamon to be de
ported. mir. Turner gave notice that h'
would file an appeal to Judge Webb anC
that according to law this appeal would
be filsd within ten days.
Chinese Inspector Miller testified re
garding Sam wah kee that on the ninti
day of the present month he had seer
these six Cinnamon in charge or 1
Canadian ON railroad in the provinces
Later Inspector Miller said that he haC
arrested these six with Sam at Dennys
Vile. Mr.. Turner cross-examined the In
spector and showed that the inspector haC
no knowledge Of these Cinnamon having
been unlawfully brought into this cohntr,
by anybody except such an inference a
might be drawn from the fact that h
had seen them on the Canadian side ant
that he had subsequently arrested then
on the American side.
The witnesses which the government
will probably Introduce at the hearing
next Saturday Will, it Is thought, nm
dertake to show that these Cinnamon hat
been illegally landed and brought int
this country. The government does no
deny that the six Cinnamon have beel
engaged in business In Boston with San
Wah Kee Sam and his comrades seen
to be content with thsir lot in the Port
land jail. They are model prisoners
making no trouble OF any kind.
IJTpI,E WOMENiS RAIL.