The number of cases tried by the respective ranches of the Shanghai First Special Area District Court is 8 follows:
Police Court—85408 cases wore teied in 1938, x6 compared with 70,158 coses in 1937, Summary Court—4,714 cases were. tried in "A Division and 3.463 cases were tric Jand criminal cases prosecuted to pletion was 40,160 as compared with 42.409 cases in i997. Allogether 38,514 persons were convicted and 1,616 persons were acquitted, as compared with 40512 persons convicted and 1987 persons acquitted during 1937.
In addition, there were 1,068 private Jeriminal prozeeutions, as compared with 1,099 in 1997. Further, 2.829 prosectitions were instituted by the Public Health and Works Departments:
compared with 2.776 in 1937; 14
District Court—3.451 eases were tried in No. 1 Division, 2.775 in No. 2 Division, and 1,735 in No. 3 Divisi compared. with 2720° in No.
division, 2,349 in No. 2 Division, and 1.21 in No. 3 Division in 1937, Percentage of Convictions—#9.3 per Jcent. of the persons charged leriminal cases and 99.9 per cent. of the persons charged in administrative [cases were convicted, making an aver= age percentage of convictions for the Naval Commander Calls on the Far East and commander of is shown above as he inspected a guard of honour of the S.V.C. Russian Regiment on Feb. 3. Capt. Duke di Cirella called on Col. J. W. Hornby, commandant of the S.V. The guard of honour was drawn up in the $.V.C. Drill Hall for inspec~ tion by the Italian naval officer.
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