Among the spectators young wo-mon were far in the majority. Most of them were dressed in fashi able Western attire, giving affair an atmosphere of a social event rather than that of a cou: t-room trial, After much preliminary routine, which took up the major portion of the afternoon the case was adjourneq at 6 pin. and was scheduled to resume to-morrow at 10 a.m, Importunt Contention by Defence Oct, 26, Strong contentions on the part of the defence that Mr. and Mrs. Kao ing and Mr. Suen Toon did not violate any of China's opium laws when they became involved in a drug smuggling case in San Francisco last July, but are now prosecuted for violation "of laws that. did not exist at the time, brought the trial of the former San Francisco consular officials and the pretty wife of the ex-vice-consul to a sudden halt in the Nanking District Court here to-day.
With the opening of the second day of the trial, which is enjoying. the undivided "attention of both civilians and officials here in Nanking, the defence hurled a bombshell into the camp of the prosecution when it contended before Judge Chow, chief of the court, that their clients were being accused of violate ing certain of China's opium regulations which were not promulgated by the National Government until after the seizure of Mrs.
Kaa's baggage in San Francisco last July 5 by the American Customs. authority The intention of the defence
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