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UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF
OPIUM,
Three Months' Imprisonment.
L«e Rnx. a Chine*- seaman, appeared
on temand ac tne Poit Adelaide Polite
( ourt on i'Yidaj befoie Air .1 Jl MneJair.
> AT Jle iv as chained with mi lawfully
h<ning in hpo-.'-'es-ion on May 6. oil
board the steamer Valetta, a quantity of
oniuni contian to the Ci^com" Act
1901-10 Through the means of an inter
preter fAlr Gee Wall) the information
read to the Celestial. aud he pleadtd
piiltr. Mr C II Power- of the Com
monwealth Crowri Lu.* Depaitment, ap
peated on behaJt ot the imoimant, \fr.
T H Si pi) ben = {Sw+e ( olletfcors oi (Ais
torn*:), md Mr W V. Kaj defended.
Mr ?o«rt& soted that file \ aletui had
been in port a few dav* when Ilevenuc
Detective S.reene\ went on board and
found the defendant .nth two ounce1, of
the piohibited drug; in In1- coat pocket
Mi. Ear a-ked that the minimum penalty
of three month-" imprisonment be mpostd
i> the defendant would be dialt wrf.ii a.
prohibited immigrant oa his ielea.se The
Celestial wa>. dealt a ith atcordmgh.
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