Adjudged guilty of extortion ant intimidation and subjected to a tingginge denunciation by the Police Bryan, Ve ngeping, an alleged lawyer, was fined $200 in the Provisional Cour'
April 10 and disbarred from future practice there by Judge mi the Consuls ty, Mx, Ramondino, The ease had had one heaving and cantyed round alleged threat that unless a Chines: detective who Ww ininant paid the accused the sum of $18) to suppress certain warrants agains!
he would lost when the warrants were served and very likely his position on the police force.
The accused claimed to be a dwyer in Shanghai ant man brought out ait the Jngg that his diploma lid and was in the name resumption on April 8,]of a man now dead who graduated law chao! sume ars the etwoen his name and that of the summing up Mr. Bryait snid:—"Any argument that the we used being a lawyer had a right to demand something to settle the case, or in other words. that a lawyer ix immune from criminal ly trent and the under instructions: from hig clients he can commit extortions find that sould make Inwyers no thin hain licensed criminals Lawyers are snippered to me men of integrity. and high honour, The aeensed ie not a lawyer and hax ever been one, Te claims 16 have graduated from 2 college in Nan~ King that has been out of Iasiness over 20 years. He to the Mixed Court for a permit until 1927 Krarted only temporarily for fof the Chinese sociation and Tam sure the memo bers of that organization woold not stand for och conduct and action das the uecused lis been guilty of.
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