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 * 1) I want to summons this man.
 * 2) He is a thief, and has stolen things of mine.
 * 3) Have you any witnesses?
 * 4) I have witnesses; they haven't come yet.
 * 5) Issue subpoenas for them to come.
 * 6) Where is the constable?
 * 7) He is at the Gaol.
 * 8) This is the Yamen.
 * 9) What Yamen?
 * 10) The Consul's Yamen (Consulate).
 * 11) Who is the present Consul?
 * 12) Mr. F. (lit. Mr. Buddha).
 * 13) Take this bottle to the Chief Justice.
 * 14) To-day a man came with a petition.
 * 15) Your evidence is not believed.
 * 16) Where are the plaintiff and defendant?
 * 17) Present your petition now to His Lordship.
 * 18) You are both wrong.
 * 19) Give him back the petition.
 * 20) To-morrow I shall issue a Proclamation.
 * 21) Forbidding people to gamble.
 * 22) If they don't obey it, they will certainly be punished.
 * 23) The Puisné Judge has come.
 * 24) I have business to-day.
 * 25) I have never done it.
 * 26) Everybody knows.
 * 27) Don't tell any lies.
 * 28) His evidence is not true.
 * 29) Did you see (this) yourself? (lit. with your own eyes).
 * 30) He does not know about it himself.
 * 31) How does he know about it?
 * 32) He heard people talking about it.