Evidence was produced before the Court in, the form of hundreds of the coloured snd highly vitrolie eir-colors, calling for the overthrow of the existing Chinese government] and the downfall of the Kuomingtang.
All in all, however, the proceedings were a replica of the beating of Sept. 3 and it is believed the fore recently arrested are part of the same, crowd that was active a week ago. The evidence was much the same and the proceedings on the roadway were carried out in much the same manner, save that} instance, the exploding of Grecrackprs was the signal for, the episode. to begin.
The Rendition Agreement which is the sole constitution of thi Court, is a special Inw fixed by competent authority and applicable only to the International Settlement, If the general Chinese law con-Aiets with the Rendition Agresment the Rendition Agreement must pre- I
Perhaps the particular feature of the case when heard by Judge Chou was the impassioned plea of one of the accused that he was a graduate of the Peking College Law and that he, was in Shanghai for the purpose of studying French.
Furthermore, he went on, he had little use for the local Chinese de-vail, Thusmuch as both the offence tactives and related that when he and the offenders are within the was arrested for protesting against Jurisdiction specified in the Rendition Agreement, this Court should] not avoid the responsibil: ty placed their violence toward one of the girls, they placed him in a motor and on the way to the police ste selves as coolies, they were anything but modest in their demands, as instances are cited in which they are alleged to have set sums ranging from $3,000 to $15,000 as the price of "cessation of their hostilities.
That this form of remuneration thas been on the increase is well known in police circles, and it is felt that since the recent enactment of stringent laws against the earrying out of armed robberies and the illegal possession of arms, the same offenders in the latter style of crime have turned their attention to the newer and supposedly less danger ous way of earning a livelihood.
Trap Set by the Police The specific instances were cited in which the apprehended gang were alleged to have been active. In one a wealthy Chinese living at No. 997 Boone Road was the re-ut of three letters of a threat ening nature between August 2 fand August 8. The sum demanded was said to have been $3,000 and a rendezvous was named whereat the money was.to be turned over to 2 designated member of the gang.
The second case was that of another wealthy Chinese living in the vicinity of Boundary Road who was alleged to have $5,000-demanded 08 pain of serious trouble should the crowd's demands not be met, In both cases the -vietims had presence of mind enough to call in the police and a place was named upon it to try the ion robbed him of $22. it in the Hongkew district where the Should it be cent The police, in turn when called payments would be made, isa eave Whether carried away by the within the youth who admitted to the age of thoughts of success, or nol to ands tested. ut this june courts of different grad 17, attempted, to bribe them to re-known but the leaders of the gang known but the leaders not
the Shanghai Provisional Court is] louse the females and the sum men-turned up at the appointed time the inferior Court, and that a s0- lered was two-dollars and two eopand were quickly gathered in by called "Special Court" in Chinese pers. he police who had obviously set territory is a superior Court with In rebuttal the accused went to] the trap, power to order oF cause a case to] great heights of oratory in. de-be transferred from the Shanghail nouncing his predecessors on the Doctor and Waiter Sentenced Provisional Court for amalgamation diction, a reference to the Agreement will show siond: and insisted that if allow. his freedom on bail he would A Chinese doctor and a waiter suc those detectives for making jy ¥ +h od were sentenced by Judge Koh and Ramon Senior Consul's that the Provisional Court nize na auch superior tion. without impinging on the terms of the Rendition Agreement in such a manner as to lessen the measure of security afforded this Municipality.
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