The Archive · 1931

Extradition of Chinese

'Two Chinese, one implicated in' connection with a murder ease and another charged with smuggling of Prohibited goods, were handed over on September 14 by the First Special District Court in the International Settlement to its sister court in the French Concession without the latter being required to produce prima facie evidence as in the cate of other Chinese courts in the interior.

In accordance with the Renéition Agreements, no extradition appli tions must be granted ment court to other Chinete courts m the policy First Special District Court granted the extradition of the first accused on the strength of only an official Sespatch from the court in the French Concession and, in the case of second accused, there was not von an oficial despatch from the latter court.

Servant's Habit of Gambling Three foreign officers of the Municipal Police, Sub-Inspr. Lees land Prob.-Sgts. Page and Douglas, were complainants in the First Special District Court on Sept ember 14 when Tien Tsing-fu, a servant employed at the police quarters, 59 Kiaochow Road, wi arraigned before Judge Chen on a charge of larceny.

According to Prob-Sgt. Page, there had been a number of thefts at the police quarters during the past month, and on August 30, when he put 18 five-Tael notes in hhis dressing table drawer, he mark-fed in ink 12 of them with conseeutive numbers. On Sunday morning, discovered that the note marked No. 5 had been stolen. He reported

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