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LESSON XIV.—Judicial.

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.