At the Mixed Court last Friday morning, before Mr, Martin and Magistrate Kuan, Mr. J. Krisel made an interesting application on behalf of Waung Ching-ziang, who -was sentenced, on February 20, 1915, to three months' um-prisonment and deportation for serious assault. The application was for the cancellation of the order for defendant's-deportation, After serving his sentence, said counsel, Waung had served in a shipping firm and later went, Canada where he had led a, respectable life as a worthy citizen and where he had always behaved himself. In Canada he. had never fallen into. any trouble, but now that he wanted to return to his native home in Ningpo it was necessary for him to land at amd. pass through Shanghai, hence counsel asked that the order be cancelled.
Inspector J. A. MacKenzie, for the Police, stated that he had received instructions to the effect that the Police did not object to the cancellation of the order provided defendant could put up a proper, substantial bond for His': future good behaviour while. the Settlement. A similar application, he stated, had been". made once before to Messrs. Mead and Lob on August 5, 1929, and this was refused. on ths ground that Waung had four. times pre) viously been convicted' and be-' cause there were not sufficient reasons for the cancellation order.
The Court, after considering" the matter carefully, granted the: application on condition that' de—fendant signed a bond for $500 for his future good behavion1
General" of Sino-Russfan Affairg, De. ©. T. Wang, Director-haa telegraphed-to Peking asking for "$3,000 as expenses; otherwise he will be unable to return - to China, states the Chinese press.'
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