The students and labourers seized four barrel of nails and five boxes piece goods, while in transit in yhineso sections, and one bale of face goods, on Sunday:
Allied societies are advocating a week of intensive propaganda, against those using Japanese goods. and propose between to-morrow and one 19, inclusive, to send out lecture distribute handbills, have 0018 hold anti-Japani meetings, produce motion pictures taken in'Tsinan in cinemas, and to publish anti-Japanese documents in the Chinese press.
The following letter addressed to the Provisional Court and signed by tone person, and signed by another acting for a third person, and purporting to emanate from the China Bar Association, is typical of the attitude taken by students and la-dourers, The document speaks for Opinion of defence ye arrest of Wa Tao-ling five others for inspecting the "This is a case of pure patriotic movement. There was no intention of committing any offence on the part of the defendants. It is against the meaning of the law that the Police instituted prosecutions separately as offences of theft and storing stolen property. There are three important points which will constitute aw offence of theft. (1) Intention of committing the offence, (2) stealing the property of another (3) to make the property stolen one's own or to make the same as belonging to possession of another.
As there is a patriotic movement throughout the country in connection with this ease, it cannot be said that there is intention of committing the-offence on the part of the defendants, Further, the word "theft" means taking away the property of another when he is unaware of same, Inspection not Theft "Tt was the general opinion of the piece-goods employees Union that the defendants publicly inspected the enemy's goods. This should not be called theft. Further their motive was to prevent the owners of there goods from having the same sold. 'They desired to have such goods delivered to their Union for' custody. They did not intend to make the goods their own or the property of another.
"The offence of theft cannot deemed to be constituted when the {is lack of one of the three important points as mentioned above. There ave no such three points in is this case, and, therefore, the offence of storing away the stolen property tholi not become a question.
""Atter the occurrence of this ease all the public organizations Shanghai" have become greatly excited and have petitioned the Shanghai Lawyers' Association for help, We, the undersigned, are appointed by the Association an free counsel for the defendants and are, therefore, submitting our opinions "We have to request that the defendants be dismissed as not guilty {in accordance with the provision of "Article 10 of the Criminal Code, Which reads "No act constitutes an offence unless the same is specially made so by law." This will abate the public agitation and will be for the Interests of the party and nation "We do not know whether or not {t is proper for us to do 80, and shall be obliged if a ruling will be sven in the matter.
Ler San-2At (signed on his behalf by another)
PAN TSUNG-YA (signed by
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