Gun the civil authorities of the province interfere with the administration of justice in the International Mixed Court? 'This was a question raised on Wednesday tofore Mr, A. J. Martin (Senior British Assessor) and Kuan Chun' (Chinese Magistrate), when Woo Tsung-noon, former "Magistrate of the Sungkiang District, was 0 have been brought up on remand. Mr. A, M. Preston (representing present Sungkiang authorities ind the people of that district) submitted that the authorities could not interfere, as the Mixed Court and all other Courts were fre Godies constituted for the administration of justice and could not be interfered with by any outside
Defendai wav te have been! charged with being concerned with two others in escaping from the iekinng aul, whilst in custody jr various charges. An applienmade by Mr, Preston for handed over to the Cuvtay of the Sunghiang. author Site om charges of emberslement of pub tie money at that ety, Mr. G, Selle. for the defence, said thai ie client hat gone Nanking ud could not" appear te newer the "charges preferred tainer hima Counrel asked for forther remand and that the former fall en Tie, 3,000, should stand, she "alternative," counsel asked that nominal penalty be mposed tin defendant for hit failure te. pot Mr. Preston opposed thie and said that the tne time the eae was heady a pien way entered that
ionenr. "Appnzentiy, he lid, one ifemian, war lek and ura Naniing fo "pall he sete=" with the wuthernier "te have" the cate Mr. Sellett produced a certificate} from the Nanking Hospital showing hat" defendant wns tick. and. that nad. no! misled the Court Counnel war willing to see the ball rendered if the charges against him "were wiped clean. Ifthe wie forfeited and wus gone Yeturned. to. the Sungkiang andthe ehnrges against him vere dropped, counsel had tin to this course. He must, however, demand that his client be from his liabilities and this Court was
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