'Mr. Davies introduced as judicial precedent a decision the Circuit Court of the United States for he District In' the' ches donot v. United States esi action for a murder, committed "at Guano Totem "The yoverlgnty of a kor Crnmont he contended" wa entire shatter of recognition by. the Seceutive department of the Rover ment, and not by the judicial which Mal fo alow the former's lead A portion of the destin wa presenta Mo" the court a8 follows:
has the movers do jure de facto, of a territory is not a Judicial but a political question, the determination of which by the ineiative and" executive depart runt of nog government soneuaive:
hinds Che lodges og well as othe Ghenrn citizens and subject that government, Courts of justice are bound to take judicial notice of the territorial extent of the Sevilcem by. the. govern ne owe ays thy administer"
Other decisions were led by Me Davies in cates tsing ost of the n Revaltio, following which ied Staton Government had Secogniz, the, Kerensy" Govern ment and the "State of Russia" but Tad. not recognized subsequent Sie har, thereupon, ofered in evidence a islam' received from he American Legation at Peking, which stated that "the American government has, dealt. withthe Nanking regime asa political entity, exercising: regional thor. ity; it has also dealt with local evidence then regarding the custody of the insurance policies which had been taken over with other records of the Wuchang Telephone Ca., by the Nationalists,
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