Word: shing
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...lawyer hopefully contended that substituting a cakebox for a rooster was highly irregular and invalidated the ceremony. But Magistrate Hin Shing-lo ruled that because of Yip's superstition, the cakebox was legal; he ordered Wat to pay $17.50 a month maintenance henceforth to his lawfully wedded wife. His lawyer urged Wat to appeal, but Wat had had enough. He accepted the court's ruling and next day boarded a ship-alone-for the unmysterious West...