The Archive · 1912

A Hongkew Murder Case

The Japanese named Moriyama, who was sent to Nagasaki to be tried for the murder of a Chinese shroff in Shanghai and for the robbery from him of valuable jewellery, has been brought up for trial. The Public Prosecutor said that the accused was a native of Nagasaki, and that the relatives of the victim claimed Y. 5,000 as a solatium. The Prosecutor asked that the accused tenced to death. Judgement was to have been given on July 4, but it was postponed.

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