CHINESE PAY DEARLY FOR A SMOKE.
"FAKED" OVIT.M SOLD. (Per J'ress Association.) t.'HKISTCHI'IiCH, .July ■!. 'l'i Uoe, a. Chinaman, was fined £lOll and eosls for having unlawfully can-I'd opium suitahle for smoking, Willi intent to evade the prohibition against' tha -importation of opium.. - Jim Wah. a.'iDther Chinese, wi* charged with unlawfully having in lis possession opium siißuMo for smoking.
The evi:l v | ce for tile prosecution that the opium was suitable for smoking was conibatud hy counsel for IlK' accused, and Will. Too Fn\ a, Chinese half caste, culled lifci the defence, stalvd that the asli produced ciuld not be smoked. There wa-. a faked article on tlie market spsembling opium, and the tin produced was that article, and could not he smoked. So far as he knew there wan no opium in the pre])aration. Accused gave similar testimony.
The (inlji-p evidence was Unit opium smoking- had cvidentlv been going on in the room in which fifteen empty I ins were found. The case was adjnm-rierl for a wuek, tin order that an analysis may lie made of(the opium.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7864, 5 July 1905, Page 2
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178CHINESE PAY DEARLY FOR A SMOKE. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7864, 5 July 1905, Page 2
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