Amother loophole in. the, Criminal Code: of the Republic. of China was uncovered at the Provisional Court on Monday, when in the trial of a Chinese on a charge having arma without ammunition it was discovered by Judge Kuh und the Senior Consuls Deputy, Mr. Whitamore,. that there was mo pro vision made in the new law for such 8 contingency.
The defendant was originally charged under Article 201, but this applies only to pistols with ammunition, and when the evidence showed he had none it was ruled jour and the Court was foreed to key him under By-law $1, o8 which he was found guilty and sentenced to two months imprisonment.
Police evidence revealed that the defendant, Ching Ling-kumn, an employee of a vessel lying at the China' Merchants Lower Wharf, smuggled two and was a short time Inter picked col. up by the police snd lodged in the
Comenting on the absence of suitable law on which to try the an, Mr. Whitamore added the fol-
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