The Court laid great stress on tha Coroner's report. The main question for decision was whether the fall or a blow caused the Iad's death. The evidence of the Coroner told against the accused in this respect, and the accused's contention that neglect was responsible for the death was not upheld by the Court.
On June 30 the judgment of the Court was announced, the accused being sentenced to seven years imprisonment. The accused immediately appealed and the case in due course wni go to a higher Court. The appeal was based on the ground that he did not inflict the injury that caused the death of the Ind.
Foreigners who were present at the hearing speak highly of the way. in which the trial was conducted, and the accused is apparently being well treated. This is the first case lof any consequence in which a German has appeared in a Chinese Court for trial, and the interest shown in the trial in June will follow the case into its final stages. commented on the severity of the As readers may remember
em tence end" xncertl Hhereles tne allowing the "Siorth "China Stan™" dated from Peking, aly 8. The origin Of the statement te not further de The Ministry of Justice, which is very much interested in the judicial Proceedings in the courts in the Three Eastern Provinces, owing to the reported attempt on the part of Marshal Chang Tso-lin to establish a Manchurian Supreme Court totally independent of the Supreme Court in Peking, has received the report that the foreigners the whole with the working of the Manchurian courts.
In a recent case in which a Ger-' man engineer employed in the Muk-iden Arsenal was charged with beating and severely wounding a Chin-jose boy with his stick, who died as
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