The Archive · 1926

A THREE-YEAR OLD CHARGE Chinese Pardoned After Two Years in Gaol a

Yeh Sung-zan, a Chinese, who, two years ago, way handed over by the French Mixed" Court to. the Chinese authorities with a tocome mendation that he should be ecuted, was again brought before 'Messrs, Bucknell and Kuan at the Mixed: Court on 'Tuoeday' mornin be recalled that, at last wring, Mr. E, 'T, Maitland, acuting Soliciter, informed the Court that accused was charged in 1928 with murder and "attempted mander in the Settlement," He was brought before Messrs. Davis and Koan on May 1, 1923, and at that time the Court was informed that the French Police had ordered that he should be handed over to the Chinese authorities for crimes, com ited inthe. French "Concession with a recommendation that he Should be executed. The then Ase sesser, Mr, Davis, suggested that it, would be of no use going on with the ease, since the French authorities had recommended the accused's execution, and adjourned the hearing: sine die. The result was that accused was handed back to the French authorities who, it was sanderstocd, handed him in torn to the Chinese authorities io be At Tuesday's Hearing, Mr, Maite land said that, since the last session, he had been informed by the Chinese authorities that, instead of being executed, accused had been sentenced by the' military court to six year's imprisonment, but, after serving for two years, he was pardoned and subsequently relosed. Counsel's instructions, therefore, were to withdraw the charge against Bir. A. Covey, for the accused, applied that -he should be handed lover to the French Concession auth orities for trial, this application Hueing granted.

Ewpano Boga, an old who has been before the Mixed Court a number of times and vin connexion with a charge fea had been preferred against him of sctempting to stab Special Cénstabic Brehn in Muley Road ea Monday evening. He was further "hanged with returning to tne Settee ment, The ence was remanded,

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