Mr. Rodger addressed the court on the subject of the new law passed in September, saying that, as it had not yet reached Shanghai, no one knew éKactly what the position was. From_ information in the hands of the United States Consulate, and within the judicial knowledge of the Court, it seemed that no alien woman acquired American citizenship by marriage with an American citizen. In the circumstances, and by arrangement with the D'strict Attorney, defendant had undertaken not to tell any more fortunes in Shanghai and, this being so, it was understood the prosecution would withdraw the case. Commenting on the "prehistoric law"? under which the case been brought, counsel suggested that it would be just as feasible that, in the case of motor-
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