Tokio, Mar. 30.
The verdict in the scandals involving charges of corruption and bribery in connexion with public utilities under the control. of the Tokio Municipality was given this morning. Forty-six of the acoused were sentenced to imprisonment, ranging from two months to two years while 19 were fined from 100 to 300 yen. The exposures occurred during 1921 when 71 persons were arrested.
Of the 46 persons sentenced to imprisonment in connexion with the scandals in the Tokio Municipality, involving bribes of Yen. 500,000, which have been under investigation since November 1920, sentence has been postponed in the case of 26, Appeal has been made against the sentence of three years' imprisonment and: other sentences. 'I'wo of the accused have been found "not guilty.""—Reuter.
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