Mention was made in the Pro-
Visional "Court, on November 21, before Judge Chen and Mr. Mein= hardt, of a man who had been hand ed over to the Chinese for execution and who come to life—only to be charged Tt appears that the former Mixed (Court made an order for the extradition of accused to the Chinese authorities for execution and a was added that, in the event not being executed, he should returned to the Mixed Court. The charges, against him were of armed robbery. Somehow, accused found himself free—whether he escaped from the hands of the Chinese au= thorities or whether he was released has not been ascertained—and Inter he found himself in the Settlement. and in the hands of a Municipal detective. He said that he had not been sentenced.
The case wad brought before the Court several times for hearing and the Judge promised to write to tha Chinese authorities. He announet that he had not received are 0 the case was remanded until 20th instant, Mr. R.T, Bryan, the Prosecuting Solicitor, appeared for the and accused was not defended, At the outset of the proceedings Judge Chen said that he had looked over the files but found that accused. had not.been sentenced to death, Not Sentenced by Mixed Court Mr. Meinhardt said that he should like to point out that, according: to the former Mixed Court rules of procedure, that Court could not. sentence a man to death. The pro= cedure in those days was that, when. a case was serious enough to justify. it, accused would be handed over to the Chinese authorities, who were supposed to give him some sort of a trial. The final decision whether or not he should be exe rested with them." It was usual in those cases for the charge sheet to be endorsed for accused to be handed over to the Court if ho were not executed.
Mr. Bryan said that was corr At the French days, the maximum sentence giver was five years and the usual way for charge-sheets. in cases where accused was, in the opinion of the Court, deserving of a heavier sentence. to be marked "Five years and handed over to the Chinese ate thorities Mr, Meinhardt observed that the Assessor's judgment in this care was "To be handed over to the Chinese authorities for execution or returned to this Court." anmsAecording, to the, Agreemen:
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