in Hongkong Formerly Public Prosecutor and 'Assistant Attorney-General in Hongkong, and also a member of the Bar of the Colony of Jamaica, Mr. Henry Somerset Fitzroy was admitted to practice os a member of HM. 'Supreme Court in China on Jan. 21 by Judge P. Grant' Jones." Mr, Badeley, who presented the appli ton of the new barrister on behalf of the Crown Advocate, who was Ill "Mr. Fitzroy was called to the Bar 'a8 a member of the Inner Temple in January, 1910, During the War, he rejoined as an officer' in the Royal Navy, and served on the Admiralty War ' Stalt, receiving the special thanks of my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty in 1918, Mfr, Fitzroy is not a stranger to practi Bar of the Supreme Court of Hongkong, to which he was admitted on July 7, 1024. While in Hongkong, he held the appointment of Public Prosector and Assistant Attorney General in the Colony of Hongkong from 1927 to 1932. He has also been admitted as a member of the Bar of the Colony of Jamaica in 1936, "Your Lordship has before you the documents in support of Mr. Fitzroy's application:—his. passport; his certi-Acate of call to the Bar of England; a certiflcale by the Registrar of the Supreme Court of Hongkong that Mr. Fitzroy is on the roll of the Court and ig a Int and proper person. to practice there; a certificate by. the Registrar of the Supreme Court of 'Jamaica that Mr. Fitzroy is a member of the Bar of that Court in good Slanding; ud a. certificate by. the 'Attorney General of Jamaica, dated 'October' 6, 1036, that he ie well dcquainted with Mr, Fitzroy fora year during which he was. practising in Jamaica and that he is of good moral character and a Int and proper person to be enrolled a a member of the Law Society of British Columbia, trust that your Lordship will be entirely satisfied, as the Crowd Ad-orate is ju presenting Mr. Fitzroy to you through myself, that Mr, Fitzroy is, both professionally and personally, eminently qualified for admission 10 practice as a member, of the Bar of this Court"
"Mr. Fitzroy," said Judge Grant Jones, "I have much pleasure in admitting you to practice in this Court and I wish you success in the further Prosecution of your distinguished career. T observe with pleasure that you are a member of the same Honourable Society as myself."
Mr, Fitzroy then signed the roll, Wnie chasing after robber, Hsu Chin-foh, of Chien Teh alley, Lien Chao district. Pootung: was wounded in the leg 21. The gunman, two others, broke into Feng's house at 2 am. As they decamped, one of the servants raised on alarm. Hsu, man running ahead of him, gave chase, whereupon the robber opened fire. The gangsters escaped.
Forced Landing Shortly After Hanoi: Attempt to Break Paris-Tokyo Record May Be Abandoned The annual report for 1938 of the Goal Branch of the Municipal Police {is divided into four parts, dealing with the Chinese Section of the Gaol, the Reformatory, the Foreign Section, and Convict Labour.
In introducing his report, te Wahl, Governor of the Gaol, sta that the health of the staff was satis factory. that the Russian Regiment, §.'V. G, continued to supply guards, and that os in past years their services were of great value and the manner in which they carried out their duties "very sallsfactory, addition to the Governor and Deputy Governor, there '70: foreigners, 209 Indian, and 259 Chinese on. the Gaol Staff, Dealing with the Chinese Section, the report states that on January 1 there were 5,074 prisoners and this figure gradually decreased until on April 13 it stood at 6,339. After this ate the total began to increase and on December 31 there were 5838, This was the highest number recorded during the year. 'The lowest wat 5399 on April 13. 'The large increase was principally accounted for-by the' umber of persons sentenced to prison terms for narcotic offences under the new Chinese Regulations promulgated on June 3, 3936, The number of Prisoners serving sentences. other Than those connected with narcotics decreased considerably during the year. Twenty-three prisoners" were (transferred from the Municipal Gaol to the newly opened Chinese Prison at Pao Shing Ching during 1920, teachers. Records show an improve ment in the conduct of the boys and also a keener desire to learn.
The conduct of the boys on the whole "was satisfactory and their health good. The dally average number of boys was 150 compared with 38 for 1935,
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