The 13 Nanking Road "students"! arrested by the police on Sept. 9 for instigating disturbances and secking to overthrow the exi ing Government of China by carrying on Communistic propaganda, faced Judge Tseng and Mr.
Whitamore in Provisional Court on Sept. 17 and after a hearing were remanded.
The feature of the case was the settlement of the question as to who should try them, after Judge Chou bad refused to at the last hearing on the grounds that they should be} handed over to the Chinese authorities, by the announcement of Mr. R.
Bryan, Police Prosecutor, that the accused were brought before Judge Tseng and Mr. Whitamore because instructions had been received from the President of the Court that the prisoners should be tried before the Judicial authorities above mentioned instead of before Judge Chou and Mr, Stevens as on their previous However, Mr, Tsang remained his seat and some moments inter was seen by the Police Prosecutor in conference with another Chinese lawyer for the defence whereupon Mr. Bryan brought the matter up again and, the disgruntled attumey took leave, The Bribery Story The bribe episode that caused considerable amusement at the last hearing was also brought up and in reply to Mr, Bryan, C.D.C. 66 testified that during the height of the excitement when the police were: attempting to break up the assembled crowd he had gathered in two of the female accused when the alleged briber, who was later arrested, came up and made overtures that he would make it worth the policeman's while to release the girls.
Thereupon the det testified he moved away with his two charges and a moment later the briber returned and put two dollars and two, [coppers in the detective's pocket with the remark that he (the alleged Jbriber) was a detective of the local Kusmintang.
In rebuttal the accused claimed that the story was wholly false but} stubbornly repeated his assertion of last week that on the way to the station a police detective had robbed hix pocket of $22, The upshot was that the Court onlered witnesses be called in from the Touza Station at a later date to rive further evidence in the bribing. matter and to afford the Court and. [counsel an opportunity of eross examination.
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