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