Another protest was added on Sept. 21 to the long list made by the various consular representatives at the Provisional Court when Mr.
Senior Consul's Deputy, took issue with the Court's deci in a case of si ¢ arrested in connection with the possession of eral rounds of am: munition by one of their mime The appeal edatred round the ease bf a Chinese who was cha:
Inaving a pistol that had not been. registered. His attorney, Mr. Yung, /Zang-sih, made the unoriginal plea to the Court that his client should not be heavily sentenced as his client had good reason for having the pistol and, furthermore, averred, that he did not know the regulation of the Court regarding pistols and that all he had done wrong was to have it in his possession, Mr. Paul P. Y. Ru, appearing for the Police, asked the Court for the heaviest sentence possible and said was incomprehensible that the accused could have no knowledge of a Taw against having unlicensed The decision taken by the Judge was that three of the accused concerned in the ease be dismissed on the suggestion of the police, while the principal and a companion who admitted ownership of a round of ammunition found in a cigarette box when the police discovered the tol, should be fined the sum of $300 each with the alternative of serving 100 days in gaol on a daily allowance of $3 for each day served.
Another concerned in the case was fined $50 with the same alternative as the other accused. Upon this, the Senior Consul's Depaty,_ Mr. Burdett, protested as follows:
"The sentence in the case of the fifth accused is inadequate to the offence. It is much below the penalty prescribed by law. trafic. in arms and ammunition yields large profits and a small fine ill serve to encourage the posse sion of such dangerous articles for unlawful purposes."
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