Municipal Advocate's Report for September The Municipal Advocate states in his report for September that 2,502 gases were prosecuted in the Shanghai First Special Area District Court the Kiangsu High Court, Second ch, during September, ab compared with 4,263 in August. Outofthe total number of cases prosecuted 1,929 were administrative cases and $73 criminal cases. Ow of the number of administrative cases Fought to trial, 1,395 persons failed 40 appear and their bail was confiscated, while 84 cases were withdrawn. as compared with 2,40 cases in which bail was confiscated and, 21 withdrawn in August Four hundred and fifty administrative cases were prosecuted to completion, out of which number 448 persons Were convicted and two acquitted.
ty-seven criminal cases were withdrawn and 516 prosecuted to _gpmpletion, out of which number 45% ons were convicted and 63 acquited. The total number of administrative and criminal cases prosecuted to completion was 966 as compared ' with 2072 in August, Nine hundred and one persons were convicted and 65 acquitted, as compared with 1,924 convicted and 148 acquitted in August, In addition to the above, there were 27 private criminal probecutions, as compared with 56 in August.
Percentage of Convictions.—87.7 per cent, of the persons charged in criminal cases and 99.6 per cent. of those charged in administrative cases were convicted, making a total percentage of convictions for the month 99.6 per cent, as compared with 90.5 per cent, for the month of January, 95,9 per cent. for the month of February, 935 per cent, for the month of March, 91.3 per cent. for the month of April, 91.9 per cent. for the month of May, 92.5 per cent. for the month of June, 92.5 per cent. for the month of July and 936 per cent. for the month of August, Appeals (a) by the Couneil—No appeals were made to the High Court during the month of September. The total number of appeals by the Council pending on September 30 Was as follows: In the High Court, (b) By the Defendants;—Forty-two appeals were perfected during the month, six to the Supreme Court and thirty-six to the Court. Fifty appeals by defendants were concluded and dealt with as follows:
Accused Found Not Guilty Appeals Dismissed Proceedings Stayed Sentences Reduced There were 156 appeals filed by defendants pending on September 30 as follows: in the Supreme Court, 86; in the High Court, 70.
Extradition:—Five applications for handing over, involving eight persons, were made by the extra-Settlement authorities during the month. Prima facie cases were proved against them all and they were handed over.
Cases Pending:—On September 30, there were pending in the High Court and District Court 14 cases, which, together with 160 on appeal. make a total of 174 cases pending. In Addition to the above, there were five cases pending in which the accused were detained on writs (of detention, Tue, Farmers' Bank of China has decigéd to grant loans against agri-cultüral produce as security in the different provinces, says a report to the'"Lih Pao." A total sum of $100,- 000, will be set aside for this Tur Eurasia Aviation Corporation has made preparations to remove its office to Yunnanfu, says "Lih Pao." Mr, Li Ching-tsung, Manager of the Corporation, wag expected to fy from Sian to Yunnanfu to inspect this air route, on October 9.
Tue Child Welfare Society of in|China has ce-operated with other organizations interested in child welfare. work opening children's camps at Sian and Loyang to take care and educate homeless boys and girls from the war areas in North Chine, says a Chinese report.
Mone than 6,000 feet of film depicting Sino-Japanese war along the Peiping-Hankow, Peiping-Suiyuan and Tientsin-Pukow "Railways and at Shanghai and Woosung have been produced by the Central Motion Picture Department in Nanking. Several copies of the film will be screened in various provinces while other copies will be shown abroad for the benefit of overseas Chinese.
'THE local Chinese Y.M.C.A. has just completed a very successful Liberty Bond Campaign. The goal set was $100,000, but when the campaign closed after two weeks on October 5, $100,500 had been subscribed. Great interest was taken in this effort which was carried on as part of the Shenghai Citizens Liberty Bond Campaign.
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