Believed to have been an a ate of three Chinese who were sentenced to death at the Provisional Court some time ago for the Keswick Road murder, when Miss Thompson, a British nurse, w [Sang Tub-zai faced Judge Mr. "Herbert, Senior Consul's puty, for the murder of a Chines in Chapoo Road. The trial lasted for two hours and after a lengthy interrogation by the judge, the accused was remanded in custody for a week.
It may be remembered that Mis Thompson and Mr. D. Law wer walking on Keswick Road one even= ing in September, 1928, when four Chinese approached them. Two of them were armed with pistols and one of the robbers snatched the handbag which Miss Thompson was carrying. Here Mr, Law interfered and the robbers fired into the air to put fright into their victims, Mr, Law, however, persisted in holding the vag and with the aid of his companion put up a fight. The robbers then turned their pistols towards the two valiant people and hot them down, Miss Thompson died as a result of the injuries and Law was in a precarious condition and was unconscious for four days, before he recovered, Three men were later arrested land charged with the murder of Miss Thompson and were sentenced to death at the Provisional Court. The fourth person who got away is believed to be the one now charged with the murder of a Chinese,
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