On March 3 two men charged with abduction and murder were ordered be sent to the Chinese Author~ ities for execution, On March 22 the Court, after hearing the plea of counsel on behalf of one of the accused, commuted his sentence to cone of ten years' imprisonment to be followed by expulsion, Remission of Sontonce—Tho extension of the system of remission of sentences granted to short sent~ ence male prisoners has now been sanctioned and applied to female ivil Cascs.—There were ions of the Court during 136 petitions were filed and 322 cases including applications with, an ineresse of and 83° sessions over the previous month. 126 cases were concluded leaving 110 cases on the hearing list including 60 cases pare Fraudulent Civil Claim—Extraordinary facts were disclosed during. the hearing of Chinese Civil Case... 4497, The plaintiff, Mo. Zuh-tsz,.'+. sued Dzurig Tsung-ling for $40,090. on" three promissory: notes supposed: to. halve been giver to plaintiff's father.
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