Research On The Judicial Function Of Turpan Hall In The Late Qing Dynasty

Turpan is an ancient "Silk Road" linking the economic and cultural exchanges between the East and the West,and it is also the center of the unification of the Western Regions and the maintenance of social stability in Xinjiang.The Turpan area in the early Qing Dynasty was under the rule of the descendants of Chahetai,and returned to the motherland after the Qing Dynasty destroyed the remaining forces of Junggar.After the Qing Dynasty restored Turpan,the general government system and the prefectural and county systems were promoted to the region,thus forming a management system that coexisted with various administrative forms such as the Zazak system and the government system.However,after the establishment of the province,the leader of the team was abolished.The office replaced the functions of the former leader of the team leader and formed an integrated administrative governance system.The Qing Dynasty established the Turpan Hall in the 44 th year of Qianlong.The Turpan Hall,as the main local government in the Turpan region,manages local administrative affairs and handles local judicial cases.Civil disputes in the territory of the former King of Zazak County before the founding of the province are handled by the Prince of Zazak.The Turpan Department takes care of civil disputes and minor criminal cases in its jurisdiction.At the same time,it conducts preliminary trials for major criminal cases such as life theft and reports it after the first trial.After the establishment of the province in Xinjiang,with the abolition of the leader of the team leader and the abolition of the Zasak system,the civil and criminal judicial management in the Turpan area was gradually exercised by the Turpan Office.As the main judicial personnel of the Turpan Office,the Turpan Office has the judicial responsibilities of arresting thieves,taking over prisoners,and releasing prisoners who have been sentenced to full prison.They are specifically responsible for the trial of various cases in the Turpan area,and the procedure of the case depends on the nature of the case.For example,in addition to the civil procedure,criminal cases will also have procedures such as inspection,investigation and review.At the same time,the trial of major life theft criminal cases in the Turpan region in the late Qing Dynasty is not the same as that in the mainland,especially in the early days of the province.Workarounds.In judicial practice,every procedure from receipt to execution in Turpan Hall plays the judicial function that the local government should have.Under the background of unity and pluralism,the legal and judicial system in Turpan has gradually become unified and integrated after undergoing dynamic changes such as military system and provincial system.Whether in the military regime or in the provincial period,the Turpan Office played the judicial functions of enlightenment and popularization of law,maintenance of public security,trial of criminal and civil cases,imprisonment and deportation of offenders,and regulation of convicted offenders.Plays an important role.