the round that foreign Hawyers should not appear in the Provisional Court in a. case. con corning mixed interests, an attempt was made on February. 26 by Judge Shen to bar Major P. Holcomb from. defending a Chinese arrested by the Police on a charge of refusing the Police entry to a leensed building In the argument were Mr. H. FE.
Stevens, Senior Consul's. Deputy sittings with Judie Shan, the Police Prosecutor, Mr. RT. Bryan, and Br. ¥. 7, Van associated with Major Holcomb, nudge Shan based his action on 4 similar ease in another court when brother Judge ruled that a foreign lawyer could not appear on behalf of his client. Despite the request of the Police Solicitor and tthe Deputy the Judge remanded the ease one week.
The affair came up as the result of a police raid on the promises at 101-2-8 Thibet Road conducted and oonsed by one Chang Tse-rai The specific charge against the fhecused was that he violated a clause of the Chinese Club license Jaws by attempting to hinder the SP. carry out an inspection, and that hie showed a list of 00 mem bers of his club whereas the mem-
Ddevship should only have been 60, Mr, R. C. Aiers, Acting Director of Criminal Investigation gave evidence to the effect that on the night of February 17 he accompani. fed by several police officials visited tthe promises and only entered after waiting while several doors wore tunbo'ted and after the party been observed through several peep holes.
Once entry was gained the party proceeded upstairs and found 36 persons playing mah jongg. Ta an joining room he found 42 persons riding around and playing with Bice on a numbered table. Tallies twere being kept of the play by Beverat bystanders.
Hie questioned a group of those present and they all refused to give their names. However, he secured short list from one of the employees.
He gave it a3 his opinion that while he did not personally see goma Bling going on there was little question but that it was being
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