Advisor (o'S.M.C, on Bench to Watch Cases Judge Feetham, with his secretary, and Mr. J. R, Jones, Deputy-Secretary of the S.M.C., paid a visit to the Provisional" Ccart on February 11 and heard a number of criminal cases tried by Judge Chou and Mr. Smyth, Senior Consul's Deputy, in the presence of the president of the court, Judge Hsu, and Judge Hu.
Judge Feetham was seated with Mr. Jones and the president behind Judge Chou and Mr. Smyth where he witnessed the proceedings, giving attention to the manner in which witnesses gave evidence and how the accused were questioned by the judge.
Among the cases tried was one in which a Chinese was charged with stealing.a gold bangle from a girl in Yunnan Road on Monday afternoon when the complainant was on ricsha, The accused was sentenced to nine months' imprisonment. In another case, three months' imment. was imposed on a Chinese charged with _pocket-picking. The prisoner took a wallet from the pocket of another Chinese fon Canton Road arhich contained $3 in no In asking the manner in which leases were conducted, Judge Feetham was told that the Continental system was adopted rather than. the Ameriedn. Judge Feetham inquired into the fact that witnesses not take oath when called to give evidence. The president said that they usually signed a bond to tell the truth.
There was another thing which rather perplexed Judge Feetham. This was the fact that the judge after writing the judgment on the Chinese charge sheet employed a chop. According to Judge Lisa it was a Chinese custom and all portant documents ware "shopped."
Tt may be added that valet Judge "Pectham' witnessed were tried in the Court.of Appeal and not No. 1 Court. This, it was stated, was because the seating. accommodation was much larger on. the bench. Judge Feetham in aking his departure said he would pay another visit to the court and he expressed his desire to sit near the lawyers and reporters and not on the' bench. This, he said, would give him a better opportunity to witness the eases.more distinctly and carefully, 'a -member.of the Shanghai Chinese Bar Association rho, was recently sent by the Association to propagate the abolition of extraterritoriality in Nanchang, Kiukiang, Anking, Wuhu, Nanking, Hangchow, Ningpo, etc, has cent 4 letter to the Shanghai Municipal Council, asking for permission to deliver speeches on this subject in the International. Settlement.
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