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 LESSON XIV.—Judicial.


 * 1) I want to summon 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 (the Consulate).
 * 11) Who is the present Consul?
 * Mr, F——. (lit. Mr. Buddha).
 * 1) Send this bottle to the Commissioner of Cusoms
 * 2) Today a man come with a petition.
 * 3) The plaintiff’s case is weak(lit. his right is short).
 * 4) The defendant's case is strong (lit. his right is long. [sic]
 * 5) I will decide this case tomorrow.
 * 6) You seem to me to be both in the wrong,
 * 7) Give back this petition.
 * 8) Tomorrow I shall issue a Proclamation,
 * 9) Forbidding people to gamble.
 * 10) If they don’t obey it, they will certainly be punished.
 * 11) The gate-keeper is too old.
 * 12) I have business today.
 * 13) I have never done this business before.
 * 14) This kind of case is very frequent.
 * 15) Take down his deposition.
 * 16) His evidence is not true.
 * 17) Did he see this affair?
 * 18) He did not see it himself.
 * 19) How does he know about it?
 * 20) He heard people talking of it.