A case involving the question of Jurisdiction was brought before the Provisional Court on Thursday, when R, Lipshitz, of 921 Broadway, charged Mr, Senna, Mi Senna' and Miss 'N. Senna, all of 28 Yui Shing Li, off Dixwell Road, with "anlawfilly assaulting and attempting to murder the first and second sons of the complainant, Sammy Baxt and Igracl Baxt, on August 23, 1927, between 3 and 4 pin."
Mr, N. A, Ivanoff, who appeared for the complainant, produced copy of the complaint which had een filed at the Portuguese Consulate-General the day following the leged assault, Counsel said that,
the Consulate, it was not till many requests had been made oven months after the axaault that complainant had received notifica-Hon that the defendants were not epintered as Portuguese citizens, and, therefore, not subject to the furladiction of thq Consular Court. Tt was in those circumstances that the complaint was filed in the Provisional Court, and counsel asked the Court to proceed with the ease, Mr, T. C, Chen, for the defend-anta, said that his clients were Portuguese citizens and that they wore registered at the Consulate, Sudgo (Chou ordered the case ad-Journed sine die to permit of inguirios being made at the Portuguese Consulate-General,
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