The Commissioner states:—The Shanghai Provisional Court, which took the place of the old Mixed Court, commenced functioning on January 1, 1927. During the first months of its existence, there was considerable confusion. " The attitude of the Judges, which way in many cases obstructive, caused much difficulty to the Municipal authorities and the Police, vnd the frequent inadequacy of the sentences dealt out was the cause of a Inrge increase in crime of a serious nature, The delay in dealing with cases and the confusion the courts were the cause of a very large increase in the number of remanded prisoners awaiting trial. Great congestion was caused the gaol owing to the abolition of the death penalty for crimes of violence. Another factor which rent Gallantry of Police Great gallantry has been shown 4n encounters with armed robbers, and both men on and off duty have evinced surprising individual courage. In one case a constable knockdown an armed man with his baton, In another, a constable off duty and unarmed seized and removed a pistol from one of two auspects and, handing his prisoner to another constable, used the pistol 0 shoot at the other suspect, who was ultimately arrested by several other constables on duty, Tt fs a matter for regret that the Chinese public is inarticulate on the subject of the fine work done by the Chinese branch, In miscellaneous items regarding traffic, marke:—"A marked deterioration has been noted in the type of public riesha-puller. Tt is understood that the competition of mechanical pas senger transport has driven the snore intelligent pullers to scale other employment, their places be-Sng filled by ill-nourished refugee from famine and war-racked dis 4riets, The behaviour of these raw recruits towards their fares, both Chinese and foreign, will undoubted-renet unfavourably on those that remain of the old type riesha val Traffic Accidents Following. ina comparative table showing the number of accidents coming under then qwlice during the past fie years:— aot 1926 1925 1924 10%
Accidents £127 7918 6587 6085 4467 Injured 23 2.499 1974
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