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Defense Attorney: Q. That is, you mean the first column of this
is the literal translation? A. Yes.
The Court: Is that in English?
Defense Attorney: Yes, your Honor, both in English and Chinese.
The Court: This paper is more than the translation, isn't it?
Defense Attorney: The first column is a complete translation of
these documents; the second he has testified is the Latin equivalent in
botany. The third is taken from, the Encyclopedia. I will offer them
separately, if your Honor please. I offer first the complete translation
of the document identified by the witness and which this witness now
holds in his hand. - -
The Court: Q. You say this Chinese medical book to which you
refer is the information contained in Column 3, and that that was
taken from the certain, Chinese Materia Medica;
is that a standard book
in China? A. Yes, your Honor. It is as much a standard book on
herbs as Webster's Dictionary is on the English language in this
country and in England. It is a standard work.
The Court: What I have in mind is this, defense attorney. It there
any evidence in this case to show that the defendant here looked to
that book for the information in column 3 ?
Defense Attorney: To be frank with your Honor, there is the testi-
mony of Miss Jue that he consulted the Materia Medica and he con-
sulted other books. I am not insistent on it at all, if your Honor please.
I will offer the first column.
Prosecuting Attorney: May I ask a question on that just before
you offer it?
The Court: Yes.
Prosecuting Attorney: Q. Doctor, you have examined the first
column, have you? A. Yes.
Q. And that first column is exactly the English of what that is in
Chinese that you have in your hand ? A. Yes.
Q. Word for word? A. Word for word.
Q. It is just a translation ? A. Just a translation.
Prosecuting Attorney: I have no objection to that. If you just
tear that off I have no objection to it.
Defense Attorney: And secondly, your Honor,
I offer the second
column containing its equivalent in Latin, to indicate its botanical
significance.
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