The jurisitiction of the Court, Mr. Allman stated, hold over all Chines residing in the International Keith ment at Shanghai, As a matter of practice und usage this court also heers cases against Chinese dofendants residing outside the Settlersent, but near Shanghai, in cases where a foreigner is plaintiff, No igeographical limits have been set, but each case must be decided on its merits, Tt algo has jurisdicti aliens in the Settlement whose ernments have no treaties Ohina granting" extra-territorial privileges. "Tt has no Iiltations in subject-matter, its jurisdiction being broader than any other court in the world. In criminal cases its authority ranges over all crimes committed in the Settlement, ranging from throwing dirty water in tthe street to murder and armed robbory, which are capital offenses. When sentence of death is passed the condemned person is handed over to the arsenal authorities for execution but given second trial at the arsenal before being executed. The greatest weaknost of the Court is lack of an Appeal Court but this is somewhat compensated for by the fact that the magistrate with Perhaps one view and the assessor with perhaps another must consult together and agree on the judgment, Mrs. C.-M, Drury followed with oan account of the operations of the Mixed Court, which was graphically illustrated by a skit giving the actual record of eases of larceny. The actors did not appear in cos tume, but had their characters indicated by placards, the east being as follows:—Chinese Magistrate, Miss Moise; Italian Magistrate, Mrs, Stockton; First Accused, Mies Warnoth; Second Accused, Mrs, Hawes; 'Third Accused, Miss Dallas; Fourth Accused, Miss Moody; Detective, 'Miss Borndt; First Witness, Mrv. Kingman, Second Witness,' Miss Bordossky; Boy, Miss Holmes, Chinese Constable, Mrs. Clark, The Playlet gave a clear presentation of the procedure of the Court and was very well presented,
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