Chinese judg sitting in the First Special. District Court are showing] 18] extra leniency to offenders who have not had previous criminal record. Instesd of sending them straight to gaol, they are given suspended sen-fences unless the charges on which they are convicted demand severe punishment, 'The reason for the leniency is entirely due to the present situation. Only two weeks ego, no convicts were allowed to be sent" to gaol across the Creek, resulting in the congestion of prison cells in police stations in' the Settlement, During the past two weeks, prison trafic to Ward Road in Wayside has been permitted once a week, 'The First Special District Court 1s now functioning in a girls' school in Weihaiwei Toad, near the Avenue Foch junction.
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