Shanghai French Concession Mixed Court

In the 9th year of Xianfeng reign in Qing Dynasty (March 3 1,1859), on February 27th, the French Consul General in Shanghai, Louis Charles Nicola maximilian Montigny, established the Forbidden Criminal Court in the French Concession in Shanghai to hear all kinds of mixed cases between China and foreign countries. On the second day of March of the eighth year of Tongzhi in Qing Dynasty (1869 April 13), the French Concession Mixed Court was established, and its address was located in the French Consular Office of Guan Highway (now No.2 Bund, Jinling East Road). Shanghai Dao (or his representative) appears in the consular office three times a week, and is the deputy consul and jury officer of France in Shanghai.

The main internal trial institutions of the French-French Concession Mixed Court are: China Criminal Court of First Instance: 65,438+0 China officials tried China Criminal Appeal Court alone; 1 China officials went to the civil court of first instance in China for trial; 1 China officials tried the China Civil Appeal Court alone; 1 China officials tried the criminal court of first instance alone; 1 China officials and prosecutors. 1 French jury * * * mixed court: 1 China officials and 1 French jury * * mixed court: 1 China officials and 1 French jury * * * mixed court: 1 China officials and. All cases tried by China officials and French jurors are final. The mixed court also has a secretarial office, which is composed of 1 secretary, French-Chinese secretary, secretary, translator and clerk.

In the 22nd year of Guangxu reign in Qing Dynasty (1896), the arrest bureau was abolished in Shanghai Road, and the patrol room in Shanghai French Concession was specially responsible for arresting criminals. The mixed court stipulates that lawyers are allowed to be hired in civil cases, the subject matter of the case must be more than 1000 yuan, and the lawyers must be French lawyers who can speak French; Lawyers are not allowed to defend criminal cases, and appeals are not allowed after judgment; Civil and criminal cases are presided over by jury officials. All judicial and administrative affairs of the mixed court are handled by the French consul.

September 13 (1911.01.01.03)191. The French Consul General in Shanghai took the opportunity to take over the mixed hospital and appointed his own officials. In the third year of the Republic of China (19 14), the mixed court was changed into a subordinate institution of the police department of the East Bureau. 19 14 In April, the Agreement on Road Police Rights Outside the French Concession was established. According to the provisions of article 10 of the agreement, Guangdong Bureau built a mixed court at No.20 Li Xuehua Road, which was officially completed on September 19 15 in the fourth year of the Republic of China. In the Republic of China 1 1 year (1922) and June 1 year, the company was listed as a subsidiary of the public board of directors, and its detention place was still under the jurisdiction of the inspection department of the French Concession in Shanghai.

In the 20th year of the Republic of China (193 1 year), 65438+1October 27th, the French Consul General in Shanghai reorganized the French-French Concession Mixed Court, and changed civil cases involving purely Chinese to be tried by China officials alone. /kloc-in August, 2000, the French Concession Mixed Court was abolished, and the Third Branch of Jiangsu High Court and the Second District Court of Jiangsu and Shanghai were established. Name and arrival time remarks Wei Xiuzhi1869 April 13, the first Weng Bingjun1881March 8, In charge of the arrest bureau, the surrender king 1 883165438+10/Wang Bin 1887 Gedu Rengan 198438+04 Wei Chunwu 14.