Officer ONeal and many other witnesses. judges. attorneys. end officials testify that Chinese testimony is totally unreliable. James Deffy. of Sacramento. testifies. on page 125. that "a Chinaman will tell a liefor ten cents and swear to it." The evidence shows that the average Chinaman is always ready and willing to commit perjury. and for this gravest of crimes it is next to impossible to convict him. the proof of his guilt almost invariably lying in the mouths of his own countrymen. One word as to the proof that they are slaves and do not come as free immigrants. On Jely 13. 1876. 1 received from Hon. Hamilton Fish. then Secretary of State. in reply to a letter of inquiry addressed to him by me on the 12th of that month. the following :
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The average Chinaman is always ready and willing to commit perjury.