Public Prosecutor v Ho Ch'ih-Nung

• Jurisdiction: China
• Date: 22 August 1968
• Court: District Court (China)

Republic of China, District Court of Taipei.

Public Procurator

and

Ho Ch'ih-nung.

Jurisdiction Personal Criminal jurisdiction over offence committed abroad Jurisdiction over national vessel in foreign port.

The Facts (as stated by the Court).Ho Ch'ih-nung was a seaman serving on the S.S. Hsiangyn of the China Navigation Co. Ltd. On 26 August 1965, he sailed on board the said vessel from the Port of Keelung, Taiwan Province, to Baltimore [Maryland] United States. On 10 October of the same year, when the ship arrived at Baltimore he left without permission and never returned to the ship. [He was arrested by the United States authorities and deported to the Republic of China.1] He was prosecuted by the Procurator of this Court.

Held: that the defendant must be sentenced to three months' imprisonment for violating the order issued under Article 11 of the National General Mobilization Law.

The Court said:

According to the defendant's confession: I intended to look for a job in the United...