On a charge of instigating the murder of her son, an ex-Nationalist officer who left the service to start _a newspaper called the "San Min," a Chinese woman, aged 63 yents, was sentenced to three years' imprisonment by Judge Tseng und Dr. F. Ramondino, Senior. Consul's Deputy, in the Provisional Court on July 27 Four members of a gang employed to do the murder ach received vight years' imprisunment.
Evidence given at previous henry ings wax to the effect that the son was murdered on his own doorstep on May 24 last when he answered a call ut the door. As soon as he made his appearance at the door he was shot many times. " Detect. ives were summoned and Det.-Sub-
Inspr. Telfer wax informed by one man arrested that lad taken part "that they had murder by the mother of the victim, The motive for the crime perplexed the Police but it was thought that, following on the constant ro-quests for money by the son to keep his propaganda journal: going, the mother thought it would not ye very long before her money would be all gone and, since her husband was dead, her livelihood as well,
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