Conviction at'Consular Court Under the New Italian Lew The Italian Consular Court on Wednesday entered its first convieso} tion in an opium case under the new Com. G. de' Rossi, the Consul-Genera], had before him M. Pavich, of 114 Avenue Joffre, upon a charge of creating a disturbance on Honan Road on June 26, which was dismissed. But on a further charge vf having at the same time and place in his possession 43 lb, of the drug, he was fined Lire 300.
Supt. Vaughan, prosecuting, called evidence to show that defendant was seen by a Chinese constable among a crowd of Chinese in King Kung Ka, one of the biggest centres of the illegal trade in opium in Shanghai, and in the vicinity' of Si Gee Bai Ka, where so many opium raids have been made recently by the police.. The Italian, it appeared, had been set upon by a group of Chinese, who evidently knew that he had opium. He was carrying an attache case at the time. The C.P.C. asked the man to come to the police station, which he did. Here he was asked to open the bag. He showed some hesitation in complying with the request.. When the bag was at last
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