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Show Ouk Silver Reef correspondent tells of the urreat ot a Chinese woman on the charge of murdering her infant, in-fant, the mother excusing the crime on the grouud that tho child "was a girl and of no value-." The evidence of her guilt being insufficient to war-J rant the holding of the woman for trial, thejustico discharged her, first imposing a fine of ten dollars. If the defendant were anything but a heathe: people would very naturally irquire shy she had been fined at all. If L'he were guilty of the crime charged, mulcting her in ten dollars would hardly bs deemed ns satisfying the ends of justice, and if not guilty, the law, as ordinarily interpreted, would decree her discharge. However, How-ever, as the woman is Bimply enc ol a haled race, perhaps the Silver Reef law is all right a just punishment on general principles. If she didn't know any beltur than to kill her babe, Bhe, at least, h:id no business to he a Chinese woman. |