Mr. Arthur Montagu Preston was admitted to practice by his Honour Judge Skinner Turner at ILM. Supreme Court last Friday.
Application on his behalf' was made by Mr. A. G, Mossop, acting Crown Advocate, who informed the Court that Mr. Preston was admitted as a solicitor to the Supreme Court of England in 1911. Mr. Goldring, a member of the local Bar, had: filed an affidavit stating that he had known Mr. Preston during the last six years, during part of which he had been practising as a solicitor in the Supreme Court of Hongkong, Mr. Preston had served as a Captain in H. M. Forces until May of this year, when he was repatriated to China, His original certificate was not now in his possession, but he believed it to be in the registry of the Hongkong Court.
His Lordship said he had much pleasure in admitting Mr. Preston to practise. The original certificate would have to be produced within six months.
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