In sentencing Dana Mohammedan coal-t P. & O. S. Kashmir, at H. M. Police Court on Wednesday to one month's imprisonment for attempting to smuggle a 22 calif automatic pistol into Shanghai Mr. G. W. King intimated that in future such offences would be dealt with to the fullest extent of his powers. He also pointed out for the guidance of the police and other authorities that there was a er deal of law on the subject, which required the fullest clucidation by counsel.
When the defendant was first brought up in the morning,—the Magistrate took exception to the charge as framed by the River Police. He suggested that Insp. T. Mellows should request—the Commissioner of Customs to obtain counsel to prosecute. Tt was now so important to stop the importation of arms into China, he said, that the Customs should be represented by a legal adviser, while at the same time the defendant had the right of being proceeded against legally.
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