An Important "Decision by the Mixed Court pay tors and pul was 'A decision of importance to news-fiver in the lite Court last Piday by Mr. Martin (British Ascessor) and Magistrate Loh. The editor of "The New World Journal," Woo Yeh-doo, was summoned for having published an indecent article in that paper, Mr. E, T. Maitland. pro secured on behalf of the Police, and Det, Inspector Givens gave evidence supporting the charge.
Defendant pleaded that he was absent at Nanziang at the time the offending article appeared, and had since dismissed the employee responsible for its publication, and further had written and published expression of regret that the article should have appeared.
The court ordered defendant to give a personal bond that he would refrain from publishing articles of this character in future, and would comply with Article 8 of the law governing newspapers, published in 1914. This article requires that newspapers must bear the names in full and the addresses of the editor, printer and publisher. The jeourt also suggested. the police might convey this decision to all newspapers in order to secure com pliance with the law.
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