When those arrested in conneetion with the September 1 troubles ceamie up, the three who were tried Wednesday should have come up also, but a mysterious letter from a body presumed to be the Shanghai Special District Kuomintang' having. been received by the judge and deputy, their ease was postponed. The letter demanded that these three be handed over to the Chinese without further trial, es they were alleged to be anarchists of a dangerous order. No evidence was foriheoming to support this charge, how ever, and the court very rightly ignored it, The thice men we held over for a separate trial, The Inst stare of thir took place before Judge Tseng and the Senior Consul's Deputy, Mr, Bardett, when another attem; t ras made to persuade the court and over the accused to the Chinese authorities. A lawyer who alleged that he represented the local Speci! District Kuomine tang, or some similar body in the ginal trial, demanded" that a witness who' could prove beyond all doubt that the occured were enaged in conspiracies outside the Settlement limits, be heard, Mr, Bryan, Police Prosecutor, eyreed provided that the accused should not be handed over to the Chinese until their offences in the Settlement had been expinted, To this the judge consented, and. the witness, a Chinese entered the hox, the Provisional Court on Tuet Jday, three Chinese, Kao Tsao-yun, Chang Cheng-hsi, and Hu Shao: kong, were charged with manufac turing imitation "Eveready" flash light batteries in large quant itis [The complainant company is tho} National Carbon Ca, Inc. The ¥Jnecused were arrested yesterday and it was stated that a large quantity of material for manufacturing the batteries was found on the premises. Mr. R. 8. Lo G. Daniell, a representative of the Jcompany, was present on behalf of the compla'iant company for whom Mr. N. F. Allman appeared. The, case was adjourned for one week.
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