After a delay caused by the opposition of the local gentry and members of the Chinese Bar Association to appointees as judges, preparations for the re-organization of the district court in Wusih have begun under the personal direction of Mr. Tsing Liang-kung, the district magistrate, reports from that city stated yesterday.
Mr. Tsing at first entrusted Mr.
Tsang Chi-chou and Mr. Tang ' Lu-song, two former judges, with ili task of reorganizing the Wusih law court. Mr. Tsang and Mr. Tang however, were forced to abandon their task due to the opposition v the Wusih gentry who alleged tha the two former judges had dealt to: leniently with arrested armed rob bers, thus indirectly encouraging armed crimes in the district.
Mr. Chang Mei-chieh and Mr. Tong Ying,-members of the Chinese Bar Association, then were chosen by the magistrate to reorganize the law court.
Other members of the Bar Association, however, objected to the choice of the two lawyers on the ground that, according to law, lawyers practising in a district should not be appointed to head the law court of that district.
Unable to fine other competent persons to do the work and at the same time urged by the Kiangsu Provincial Government to re-open the district court within the shortest period possible, Mr. Tsing ' finall decided to take over the re-organiza. tion work himself. He will be, how-
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