Nanking, Mar. 31.
The Ministry of Justice of the National Government to-day announced the personnel of the new Shanghai Special District Court and of the Court of Appeal, which two courts will take over the work of the former Shanghai Provisional Court from to-morrow.
The President of the Court Appeal will be Dr. Hsu Wei-chen, who originally studied law -at the universities of California, Chicago and Indiana and was President of the Shanghai Provisional Court in 1927, Mr. Wang Cheng-nan has been appointed Chief Procurator of the Court of Appeal. Mr. Wang has been Chief Procurator of the Nai king District Court and was Prosector, on behalf of the National Government, in the notorious Kao Ying Opium Case Inst Noveniber.
The President of the Shanghai Special District Court is Mr. Yang Shai-yuan, who studied law in Japan and France and is a former some at least [resident of the Shanghai Provisional Court, Mr. Chow Hsien-cho has been appointed Chief Procurator of the Shanghai Special District Court and Mr. Hsien Wen-chi Chief Warden of the Prison:
The new officials will assume the posts to-morrow and the Ministry of Justice will be represented, on the occasion, by Mr. Ma Shou-hua, a deputy-chief of the Ministry—Reuter.
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