After three trials and jury disagreements Wong O-sang, a prominent-Chinese merchant, has been released from custody. He was charged with' the murder of one Wing Chang and at the last trial was sentenced to be hanged. It was found on appeal that jurors in the second panel had been included in the third and eventually the Crown dropped the tasse, which had already cost some thousands of dollars. Wong O-sang, who expects to return to China, was a former vice-president of the Chinese Nationalist League. Following his release members of the league celebrated the reunion, 75 members of the organization being present.
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