The appeal of Nicholai Stadtkov. sky from a sentence of two years imprisonment for participation in the robbery of a guest at th Palace Hotel several weeks ago dismissed at the Provisional Court Appellate Division on March 6 with Judge Wu sitting as President an Br. Ramondino, Senior Deputy.
'The accused was represented by' Mr. K. W. Luchich who made a strong appeal for clemency and the accused was a youth of 19 years and a gaol term at this period in his life would undoubted ly make confirmed He stated that his client was com= pletely under the influence of the older Robespierre, who had aire een sentenced and sound mind, He offered to duce a guarantor that Sladtkovsk would keep the peace if released from the sentence of the court first instance and pointed out that hho had already received a sentence of only two weeks in the French. Mixed Court whereas the lower court in the Settlement xnw fit to impose two year Mr, Paul R, Ru, Assistant Potice Prosecutor made a strong address, against any reduction in the sentonce and stated that unier Chinese Jaw 16 years was the maxinnum age which one could be considered a minor and, therefore, the accused was a man and had' already been eniently treated.
'The court then dismissed the' appeal,
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