When the magistrate asked Wang what had happened, he answered, "Zhou said that there were fresh red dates in it when he gave me the jar a year ago." The magistrate examined the jar and the fresh red dates in it carefully. Then he said: "Bring the ingots back, Wang Wu!" How did the county magistrate infer that Wang was lying?

县令问王是怎么回事，王回答说：“一年前给我的时候，周说这罐子里有新鲜的红枣。”县令仔细地检查了坛子和里面新鲜的红枣。然后他说：“王五，把金锭拿回来！”县令是怎么推断王在撒谎的？

youdao

She will face a local magistrate on Tuesday.

她将在星期二面见一位地方治安法官。

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

A city magistrate ruled that the novel was obscene and copies should be destroyed.

一位市治安官裁定该小说是淫秽非法作品，应予以销毁。

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

Labour's candidate Shaun Wright is the current vice-chairman of South Yorkshire Police Authority, a magistrate, a school governor and a trustee of the Coalfields Regeneration Trust.

BBC: South Yorkshire PCC candidate Gillian Radcliffe pulls out

Surrounded by police, and shouted at by the crowd, Mr Rana was led into court wearing protective clothing, to hear a magistrate grant a police request to hold him for 15 days for questioning.

BBC: Dhaka factory collapse: Owner Rana faces anger at court

In separate investigations, a magistrate and a deputy police commissioner determined that the alleged shootout that killed the elder Mr. Gupta never actually occurred, and that police had likely murdered him, according to court documents and interviews with senior police officers.

WSJ: Claims of Faked Shootouts Tarnish Police Across India