The judgment said in part:—In his article on January 5 the defendant reproduced a communication which he had received from. Harbin and according to which "the Soviet Administration in Harbin! were studying countermeasures to be taken with regard to the situation existing in the South particularly at Shanghai after the closing! here of the Consalate and other organizations, The situation said that he had made inquiries and found that the accused was not story that he was taken to a strange house, tied to a Indder and tortured with electricity were entirely without basis. A Chinese doctor had examined the man and found no juries at all, Witness went on to say that i was impossible for a prisoner to be taken out of the cells, without a written application to the sergeant on charge room duty and an instances when inquiries Yangtszepoo, was charged with at~ tempted murder. Before he came to trial, the present accused is alleged to have approached him, promising that, for a payment of Tls. 400, he would use his influence with a newly-appointed judge to secure bail, so that the alleged criminal could continue with his business connections.
Mr. J. EH. Wheeler, Chief Cleric of the Provisidnal Court, in. giving. evidence, said that information had been received by his ofice of the alleged bribe. He subsequently,
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