CO129-568-9 Chung Chi Cheung- petition to appeal against decision of Hong Kong court 7-1-1938 - 28-12-1938 — Page 44

12th October, 1938.

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Dear Preedy,

As promised, herewith a note on the

question of Chung Chi Cheung's nationality, dealing

inter alia with his birth-place, the status of the

leased territory, and double nationality

With regard to the apparent mis-statement

of the law in the Chief Justice's summing up

(page 54 of the record), I have been unable to

trace in the Hong Kong Criminal Procedure Ordinance,

or elsewhere in the local law, any statutory

provision on the question dealt with in the

Woolmington case such as is found in some Colonies,

and it seems that the decision should have been

followed.

A further search is being made here, and

I will, of course, let you know if anything is

discovered.

KENELM PREEDY, ESQ.

Son

ཡོད་

Sad. Ko Robert