John R. Armstrong was brought before the Court on a charge of criminal libel. The information, as laid by Mr. Earl B. Rose, Acting District Attorney, charged the defendant with sending through the Chinese Post Office, a number of circulars, printed in the Chinese language, containing libellous statements concerning the law firm of Messrs. Fleming and Davies.
Earlier in the day a search warrant was obtained through the U.8. Consular Court and the Mixed Court, and copies of the circular were found by the police and Consular Court Marshal Williams in the office of the defendant, presumably ready for despateh.
The defendant waived the preli-minery hearing, and he was committed to the U.S. Court for China for trial. Later in the afternoon the accused was taken before His Honour Judge Lobingier, and remanded, bail being fixed.
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