In China and Japan under the unequal treaties signed in the mid 19th Century many countries established consular courts in cities open to foreign trade ( called treaty ports ).
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Sir Edward Loughlin O'Malley, former Chief Justice of the Straits Settlements and Chief Judge of the British Supreme Consular Court at Constantinople purchased property in what had been Denton in 1892.
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Whenever possible, they kept their European nationality in order to be under the jurisdiction of the consular courts under the Baghdadi origin who claimed British nationality through family connections in India.
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In 1953, he was appointed Judge of the United States Consular Court for Casablanca and Tangiers where he tried one of the few cases of piracy against an American citizen in the 20th Century.
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After a second Chiang Mai Treaty concluded by Siam and Britain in September 1883, Siamese control over Chiang Mai was intensified : a consular court was established, responsible for all cases involving British subjects.
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The jurisdiction of the British Supreme Court for China and Japan, the British Court for Japan under it and consular courts in each treaty port ceased on that date, save for pending cases which were allowed to continue.
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With the Bowring Treaty of 1855, Siam lost her extra-territorial rights to the West, which meant that Westerners, and later Western subjects like the Indochinese and the Malays, fell under the jurisdiction of the British or French consular courts.
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The U . S . consular courts in China retained limited jurisdiction, including civil cases where property involved in the controversy did not exceed $ 500 and criminal cases where the punishment did not exceed $ 100 in fines or 60 days'imprisonment.
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In 1879, a British Court for Japan was established in Yokohama to replace the Kanagawa Consular Court to hear first instance cases for Yokohama region as well as to act as an appellate court for cases from consular courts in other Japanese cities.
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In 1879, a British Court for Japan was established in Yokohama to replace the Kanagawa Consular Court to hear first instance cases for Yokohama region as well as to act as an appellate court for cases from consular courts in other Japanese cities.
