"It is cleat that they act under political influence," was the charge made by Dr. F. Ramondino, the Senior Consul's Deputy and Italian Consular Official, in the Special) Provisional Court, on Saturday morning when he referred to the Ghinese Judges. Dr. Ramondino Iwas sitting with his Honour Judge SLi Ching-foo, with two of whose judgments he disagreed.
Mau Ab-zung, a coolie, was Drought up by the police, charged with attempted burglary at 97a Fokien Road last Friday evening, and, further, with returning to the Settlement after an order had been made by the former Mixed Cout for his expulsion, The evidence having been given, Judge Li sent accused to prison for two months and remarked that ho could not make an order for the re-expulsion of the prisoner on the ground that the Chinese Law did not provide for the expulsion of Chinese citizens from China, "Dr, Ramondino then lodged a formal protest and marked the charge-sheet as follow Referring to my preceding protests in similar cases, I again, strongly. protest against the @ecision of the Chines Judge for not having punished and re-expelled the accused, against whom there was a second charge of returning As the judgment] of the Mixed Court is valid the man Bhould have een punished and re-sth tthe decisions of the Judges in similar eases an open and joreistent breach of the agreement the rendition of the Mixed rt."
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