The Municipal Advocate states in. hig report that 12,854 cases were prosecuted in the Shanghai First Special Area District Court and the Kiangsu High Court, Second Branch, during August, a3" compared with 14271" in July; 11,171 were administrative cases and 1,502 were criminal cases, 8,758 persons failed to appear In administrative cases and their, bail was confiscated; 2407 administrative cases were prosecuted to completion. Twenty criminal cases were withdrawn and 1,163 were prosecuted to completion, '995 persons were convicted and' 168 acquitted. 'The total number of administrative and criminal cases prosecuted to comple tion was 3570, as compared with 3,729 during' July; 9,397 persons were convicted and 178 acquitted, as compared with 333 convicted' and 196 acquitted during July, In addition to the abov were 319 private criminal ons, "02 cases instituted by the Health and Public Works Depart ments for violation of Health and Public Works regulations and 631 eases instituted by the Trae, Do-partment for infringement of Trafic Regulations, as compared with 285, private criminal prosecutions, 883 Health and Public Works cases, and 609 trame cases in July.
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