Chen Mon-dong was charged at the Mixed Court hast Friday before Mesers, Martin and Kuan with having committed perjury on Sep-tomber 22 at which time he sui that he did not know a certain Person who was in Court at the time when the latter had been Gharged with impersonating on efeer.
Mr. Maitland presented the following letter from the Braziian Consulate addressed to the—Re-' gistrar of the Mixed Court, and after reading it asked for a special hearing, which was granted. Th letter follows:—
Sone zz gitinn Com ondongy{ Them form mesonly this afternoon that Soure of certain proceedings Mixed, Court' he, was ordered to, sign a and. by. way of curity for the sum of $2,000.
As T have no dou that thie onder waa miado under \a- misapprehenaiony Rave to request that you may be good enough to bring to the notice of the Court that this Consulate Generat ines Jariadition over Me. Chang and that" any" proteadings against should be brought before 1 may add that, the question of Mr. Cheng's "nationality was provioudly Feised in 1921, and' that the Brasilan Assessor, I mean' to say, the Brit 'Assessor' and two Magistrates, already ruled on it) in two cases in'which the British firm The. China Mutual' Trading Ce; sued one Chinaso citizen Wong Tso-ling, and the other
deavoured to. bring. an action againt hich the latter defendant en the Brazilian citizen, Mr. Cheng, the Court aving in' the Latter case dead." fed_'that the. Mixed Court. could Take juriedletion. rube aken to avd bay UC.
therefore, thatthe neces Yours faithfully,
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