| 11. | The court had had first instance jurisdiction in Kanagawa and appellate jurisdiction from other consular courts in Japan.
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| 12. | His last position before retirement was as Chief Justice of the British Supreme Consular Court in the Ottoman Empire.
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| 13. | Consular courts were established to handle civil and criminal cases against citizens and subjects of the subjects of the country.
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| 14. | In 1910 he was made Assistant Judge of the British Supreme Consular Court at Constantinople; then Acting Judge in 1911.
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| 15. | As a result of the creation of the Mixed Court, the various European powers withdrew the consular courts that previously exercised jurisdiction there.
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| 16. | Under the treaties, cases against US citizens were tried in US consular courts, while cases against Chinese nationals were tried in Chinese courts.
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| 17. | Under these, Europeans in Iran had enjoyed the privilege of being subject to their own consular courts rather than to the Iranian judiciary.
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| 18. | As a result, both the U . S . Court for China and the U . S . Consular Courts in China were abolished.
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| 19. | In 1896, Rennie was appointed by a special Order in Council Acting Judge of the British Supreme Consular Court in Constantinople to hear two cases.
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| 20. | The court also heard appeals from consular courts in China, Japan and Korea and from the British Court for Japan which was established in 1879.
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