A suorr time ngo, as our ronders no doubt remember, " woman was brought up ut the Mixed Court on a charge of kidnapper. The magistrate declined to deal with the case, and insisted that the accused should be forthwith sout into the city to be forwarded to Sungkiangs the British Assessor, however, opposed this, saying that she was ens titled to a hearing at the Mixed Court in order to discover whether the evi" lence against Lor was sufficiently strong to warrant her being given up. She was therefore remanded in custody of the Municipal police; but on Wednes. day Inst she was gain brought out, and delivered to the Chinese authorities by the German Assessor. his simply means thnt the British Assessor was overruled by the British Consul. General and the Senior Consul, and, as the first-named gentleman declined to authorise the womnws rendition, the Assessor was noted to do so in his place. Now this, on the face of it, is an anomalous atnte of uffuira, It is an extraordinary thing that one Assessor should.nbsolutely refuse to ct, on the ground of illegality, which another Assessor Gude no difficulty in performing without hesitation, So dinmetricnl an opposite tion of view upon so important a matter as thie itself a fact well worthy of our consideration. We make no secret of our own standpoint, In a recent article we contended strongly tint the tribunal in the. Mulvo ie a Court of First Instance, and argued that every Chinese charged with committing an offence in these Settlements is entitled to n hearing before that Court before he can be given up to the authorities of Shanghai city. If the evidence against the prisoner is such as to war raut that step, then there is no other course open; if, on the other hand, the evidence breaks down, all attempts to wrest his person from the hands of the police should be firmly and consistently resisted, Now here we have a woman
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