An important application has been filed by Mr. R. T. Bryan, Municipal Advocate, on behalf of the Commissioner of: Police, in the Shanghai Special District Court relating to the confirmation of sentences imposed by the former International Mixed Court. Mr. Bryan, who is head of: the legal department, is seeking for the re-sentencing of prisoners convicted and sentenced by the former tribunal under the system of that court in second, third or more serious crimes.
The former Mixed Court, was not empowered to impose sentences of more than five years but, upon the expiration of such sentences, they could order a prisoner to be brought from the gaol and pass a further sentence of five years or even several terms of five years each.
The application has been made in connection with the case of George Koupolos, a Greek, who was convicted for the murder of his wife and sentenced to five years imprisonment by the Chinese Magistrate. The case, which is the first of its kind, will be heard on Thursday afternoon, When the Shanghai Special District Court came into existence, the old system was done away with and the court was empowered to pass life or death sentences as the case might call for. Koupolos was sentenced to 14 years by the former Mixed Court Assessor, though sentenced only to the maximum of five years by the Chinese Magistrate,
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