'The case in which an unemploy xd Cantonese, Liu Yoh-ts, aliax Liu} Yoh-kuang, 30, was charged wit wilfully murdering his cousin, a Indy physician named Miss Liu Wai fong, in, Ting Shing Lee, an alle way' off North Szechuen Road, on June 15 last, by wounding her 42 times with a dagger and chopper, was heard by Judge Huang. in the Shanghai District Court on Tuesday morning.
The associate procurator, Mtr. prosecuted for the Chinese Govern: mont and Mr. Li was appointed by the court to act for the defence.
The evidence was the same ws that given at the previous hearings, namely, that accused, after stealing certain' properties belonging to hi brother-in-law, Mr. B. J. Chen, went to the home of the deceased, where he had been given free board and lodging for the past year, and stabbed her in the back while she was in the act of combing her hair. There was a struggle, in the course of which, the deceased received many more wounds and was thrown down the stairs, after the accuse! hind Knocked her head against the wall a number of times. The shouts for help from the dead woman ati her daughter, who also alleged that she was threatened by her uncle when she tried to persuade him desist, brought neighbours and men bers of the alleyway's self-govern ing society to the spot, as well as Chinese constable, "but, being afraid that the accused was armed, these men declined to enter the policeman going back to the station The Accused's Story The accused was then alleged have taken off his blood-staine lathes and washed himself aft. which he left the house, only to be held up by those outside who told jim that; as he had committed a crime, he'could not leave the place. The. police then arrived and accused was taken into custody. There were three eye-witnesses who gave evidence, a8 well as the deceased's sisters and an elderly neighbour, who was first to respond to the eries for assistance by calling the mginvers. of the, self-governing society.
Accused, who was then questioned, admitted that he had committed the crime and he was prepared to suffer for it. The deceased had tormented him in every way and had even one so far as to persuade his wife to accept the advances of sweethearts, He had willingly surrendered himself to the police. He bore no malice against the two sisters who had demanded a death sentence.
The associate procurator then: summed up and demanded the heaviest punishment the law could impose, especially, he said, in view of the horrible circumstances surrounding the murder and the 1 for the defence pleaded client, in admitting the charge and in surrendering himself voluntarily to the authorities, was not in his proper mind when te committed the-act. If he was sane, he would certainly" have tried escape, Counsel pleaded for lenievzy.
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