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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 goal
 * 8) This is the yamen.
 * 9) What yamen?
 * 10) The Consul's yamen (the Consulate).
 * 11) Who is the present Consul?
 * 12) Mr. F. (lit. Mr. Buddha).
 * 13) Send this bottle to the Commissioner of Customs.
 * 14) Today a man came with a petition.
 * 15) The plaintiff's case is weak (lit. his right is short).
 * 16) The defendant's case is strong (lit. his right is long).
 * 17) I will decide this case tomorrow.
 * 18) You seem to me to be both in the wrong.
 * 19) Give back this petition.
 * 20) Tomorrow I shall issue a Proclamation,
 * 21) Forbidding people to gamble.
 * 22) If they don't obey it, they will certainly be punished.
 * 23) The gate-keeper is too old.
 * 24) I have business today.
 * 25) I have never done this business before.
 * 26) This kind of case is very frequent.
 * 27) Take down his deposition.
 * 28) His evidence is not true.
 * 29) Did he see this affair?
 * 30) He did not see it himself.
 * 31) How does he know about it?
 * 32) He heard people talking of it.