In"the course of his judgment, Lieut-Col, Eaves stated that he could not agree with the view of 'M.°K. Ko, solicitor for defendants, that the regulations were ultra-vires on two grounds, viz, that May 9 and 10 on which the anti-Japanese articles were published, were not occasions of emergency or public danger; and secondly, that the regulations contravened the Royal Instructions to the Governor. disagreeing with Mr. Lo's views, His Worship said that seditious mat for that might give rise to "public danger" might be sai to exist continuously from day to day, and prevention was obviously better than cure, His Worship upheld the view that the regulations should continue in force until they were repealed.
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