Bu Ling-oen was fined $50 and Zeo Zang-sing $200 for publishing sulting articles in the "Dapao," Chines paper about the Municipal police, further with making false complaints in the paper. Messrs, Martin and Kuan heard police evidence, while Mr."E. T. Maitland prosecuted and Mr, H, D. Rodger defended. On Mr. Rodger's request for leniency the Court ordered that Zee, who is an interpreter at the Court, be warned instead of lar Part of the article published by the "Dapdo" is translated as fol-pre game that it will the Chinese "Mayietrate. much lobo are in the have fo follow the. foreign the one hand ad to make conformity tothe. regulations of Court on the other "hand, Foreigners sitting at the crat are' called. Assessors Felying on the influence of their nae ions vio usurp Uthat mone there are Magistrates Who! would 9" to. argue strongly. wil the Assessors on tome point, it must "The Mixed Court J a Chinese court name, but foreign in fact. All power has fallen away for a long time, Police stations are the investiga of the Mixed Court and pr rested are to We. brought Mixed Court and. tried and fi ret torture should be used. At resent the police stations "always use Keeret torture and thie should' be pro:
Remission of sentence for. first cMfenders isa very good treatment and wood scheme. The. fines should be used for improvements of prise judiciary, but the Mixed Court dent make "out no report fines collected and sill collections aniount Wig sume of money. Mow these fines fre to be disposed of ix to be regulated, "Al: housh applications for rehearings car, Lo filed sh anort cases the angina Astectors snd! Mtaygsceates will' defend original decision. tf there is any Int" eduction er modification made Frnishneat! we ave never ened wrong has been righted "an sentence reversed. I think thatthe must be a considerable number of peo: ple who have suffered wrong. A. Court peal nus, shevetore, Be estab I. Sullivan said, that the cond accused is the editor and proprietor of the "Dapao," while the first accused was the writer, In answering the statement about rehearing Mr. Wheeler, the Registrar, maintained that' there had Leen such practices as rehearing in the Court and he could gi many, similar cases, "The sessork and the magistrates, he "can recall much more than I can:
"AN fines are included in Budget accounts," he continued, "which go to faucial Department every The books are open for pub-inspection, The amount from fines is for the upkeep of the Mixed Court, Police and the Council un-undertakings, generally.
Questioned, first accused said that he has been' in Shanghai for 28 years, He published the article merely to express his opinion to the public and there was, not. the least idea of insulting the public officers, In connexion with the report of fines he owned that he had so far not been able to gather that from the Chinese press. The other said that he was a ratepayer and yet he has not been able to see any copy of the Budget. His sole aim with the article published was to favour the rendition of the Mixed Court and to advocate for a Court of Appeals. With regard to torture he meant that riesha coolies and beggars are often ill-treated. He said that he published the article not for monetary gain nor for any purpose to insult the police.
As stated, the first accused was fined $50 and the second $200, cluding the latest style waist-coote:
With the approach of the eriminals, the farmer-looking chaps gave the sign. The combined police parties made a rush and overpowered their opponents, before they could put up a fight.
At the Mixed Court on Saturday, whence they were taken at once, the' Court ordered them to be-handed over to the Hangchow authorities.
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