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Show ana esse IN CITY COURT Defendant Smiles When D,.vmnnni. rf CI n n i flt 17 "PTy. plained by Witness ' Wi'h the city court nlled with Chinamen the preliminary hearing of I the case of the sv.ate against ng Chow ! Que charged w ith embezzlement of funds amounting to $703.3'. from the 'hinese corporation assembly began this morning before City Judge D. II. Roberts. ' A W Agee. formerly judge oT the uistric court was entered as associate counsel for the state to aid in the prosecution. pros-ecution. The examination of the witnesses wit-nesses was conducted by County At-furnr At-furnr David ilson. Lee Soon, Chinaman, wis swoi u In .is Interpreter and the first witness to l,e placed on the stand w..s Wong Vow Wong told the court that (ho Chinese corporation assembly was formed lor charitable purposes ;.mi that practically practical-ly every Chinaman In the city belonged tb it and had subscribed sums of mon-e- which was placed In the treasury foi the purpose of taking care of the Indigent In-digent Chinamen in the city as the oc-. oc-. aslon arose. me of flu uuestions that came ip for discussion was Cha employing of in interpreter that was in no way connect, ed with the case It was pointed out I hat thiS would bS found .'o be almost Impossible at this time unless the services ser-vices of some persons that unde-stoon He Chlne.se language and who vas not a Chinaman could be found. ' Charles Parr employed by ".' to represent him said that at this time he would not press the question is to the Interest In the corporation of Lee Soon, the Interpreter. Tile prosecution expetso take t ie testimony of a large, number of resident resi-dent Chinamen. Throughout the testifying of Wong, the first witness I ailed, Ong. the de-defendant de-defendant sal with eyes closer! nnd a smile playing over his face This w.i-i Inten-ifleil when Wont,' testified that the corporation whs formed for charitable purpose- |