A CHINESE
QUESTION OF PERSON. (Per Pres .l Association — Copyr : ght.) AUCKLAND, June 15. Justice Reed, on Friday, m the Supreme Court Vi'l be called on to do-ode whether a Chinese, now in .Mount Eden gaol, is Willie Tong, or Tai Sing. To-day the judge heard an application fe; writ of habeas corpus and granted a rule nisi caking on t-ho gaoler to produce the body of Willie Tong at court on Friday, to show- cause why. lie should be detained. ■Last year judgment was .obtained against Tai Sing for debt, and in February the 'Magistrate fixed the penalty, in default of payment at ton days’ imprisonment. It is now alleged that the. papers were served on Tong who took no notice of them until hint month, when realising the seriousness of the position; he applied fra- a rehearing. This was refused by the ''Magistrate, on the ground that judgment nacr been obtained against Ta,i S'-ing. Gn Monday, a Chinese, who claims to be Tong, 1 was imprisoned. '
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Hokitika Guardian, 15 June 1933, Page 6
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