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is is lawful fɛe ki, te hald, sneralno and mjoy 18y

JurLadies Lam in China in the same sad sa

as if X.M. had noquired the jurtadletion by

esse inn

or sonqueet of torrisory (Beckien 7),

that Power and under the Trenty the system of heitiah

deurta în china has been establ tahad.

The Privy Joana 11

expressly dostéed that a souviešion for murder in a sADO

tried by a jury of five persons saly (na provided in the

Japanese Order in Deuna11) was perfastly good and sansti-

tuklamal.

Something has been maid in the papers on this

metter about the domisils of British subjects in dhina.

dimes that

vas spitims the latter has been

authoritatively stated fa the House of Lorde in the esse

of Jaedagli

It was there held that a British

dandag11.

subjast san seguire a domislis in an Extraterritorial

aɔɔuntry Alio China;

in consequense of that dosision

1.B, H. iaprama Deurk has been given Juriocletion. In

divores. be have always ruongnised the existence of

keetch on äsuth African denisile; and nativos of fadia

som burdly be said to be domielled in the imited Kingdom.

There is

sukhority in law for saying that BritLab

subjects in the sivil employ of the Chinese Government are

demtailed in china, bet this has never been desided.

It is not always roumbered that a very large

of money la tabus in Jhina by British Jourts Iron

notates of deconaes british objecta. This is taken

guino et a Judialal fos, bas it is regarded by the

Inland Revenue authorities in ingland as being nstate

The rekes have resmbly boon stiffmod, and we DON

balo 10% of all estatos at £40,000 and upwards. LAPECKY thanks to this fee which, though threatased, has never

really be shalimgod, the haprome dourt and the consula

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