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CHINESE LEGAL EXPERITESTIFIES Dignified Fishing? IN OPIUM CASE
Chinese barri
House
London, To-day.
Common
Labour
George B Strauss, rat law of the
member for N. Lambeth, asked
Imer Templ Mr. Loo Hing-yun, formerly Chief Justice of the High Court and the Special Criminal
of Kwang Court of the Provinc tung, gave evidence in the capacity of an expert on Chinese law at the Supreme Court this morning when the civil action, in which Messrs KSMR Kazeroom and Sons and the Taiwan Bank Limited claimed £10,000 from Messrs. Rockmers Khederai, AG. for the loss of 100 cases of opium, was continued be- fore the Acting Chief Justices. Mr. Justice C G Alabaster
Plaintiffs were represented
Mr. Eldon Potter, K. C and
H. C. Macnamara, Mr. HG.
if the Government considers it “dignified and adequote that the portrait of the Prime Minis ter Mr. Neville Chamberlain, in the British pavilion at the Paris Exposition, shows that eminent statesman fishing hook and line-Havas
BRITAIN GIVES UP EXTRALITY
don, K. C. and the Honourable Mr. RIGHTS IN MOROCCO
Leo D'Almada, junior, appeared on
behalf of defendants.
The plaintiffs alleged that negli
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London, To-day.
Convention between the Unit- gence on the part of defendants ed Kingdom and Fran contributed to the confiscation by from the abolition of
Claus Rickmers.
his committed
themes of the law of
of
the Shanghai Chinese Maritime in Egypt and from the obligation Customs authorities of the 100 of His Majesty's Government
der the declaration between cases of opium which board defendants sel, the BS United Kingdom and France
1904, relating to Egypt and Moroc This morning Mr. Potter quotedco will be signed in a few days. several
in support The Convention has already been that defendants initialled by the two delegations.
The effect of the Convention is of China and of the to abolish British capitulatory regulations of the Chinese Maritime rights, including British post off- Customs, and as a result the opium ces, in was confiscated.
Before giving evidence on Chin-tected persons and British ese law, Mr. Loo, in reply to Mr. panies will become subject to Macnamara, admitted that he was jurisdiction of the safe tribunals
the Inner a barrister-at-law of
and will enjoy the same personal French citi- Temple.
and private rights
the French zone of Moroc
Berish British subjects,
Since the year 1920 witress zens and companies. served the Kwangtung Government French capitulatory rights in the capacity of Presiding
of the Supreme Court of
the Administrative Counge Zanzibar are also abolished-
the
and Commercial matters are not cover- Attored by the Convention and will form
Iney General of Canton, Chief Jus- the subject of separate negotiations.
tice of the High Court and Special British Wireless Criminal Court of Kwangting, and
was during 1927 and 1928 Presid ent of the Shanghai - Provisional Court and Appeal Court He is now practising law in associated with (Solicitors)
was
Witness testified that since 1449 there have been laws enforced with regard to importing, exporting and selling opium. "Import"- in Chinese language was equivalent in the English lan
in from foreign count
“bringing
BRITAIN DEFENDS EVACUATION OF SPANISH REFUEGES
The deg
effect the
An offence is munitted imme blockade diately opium is brought into
ese territory or Chinese territorial depend upon the waters.
According to the Opium Suppr
Act, transportation
was also prohibited
Customs an must be writing
ese territory
at
inging
to prevent anggling of opium. The case
BRITISH LABOUR
BAGGAGE TRANSFERS LEADER PASSES
Efficies
PROVIDENT
ORTGAGE
that particula
London, To-day.
uch the removal besieged or might or might not
nation, must
tam
His Majesty's Governmen in the
evacuation of
Dom Spain
conflict
motives"
not com
ation
the
have
greement or is olicy of non- have
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