Heavy Gaol Terms for Terrorists Four members of the so-called "ron and Blood Corps for the Extermination of Traitors" were sentenced to imprisonment ranging from six to twelve years by the High Court of Appeal on Thursday on charges of having' indulged in terroust activities in the International Settlement in 1932, including a murder, bomb-throwing, and assaults on merchants whom the accused held to have dealt in Japanese goods despite their warning, and on charges of being in possession of arms and ammunition.
'The four accused, all of whom were shop assistants' at the time of their arrest in November, 1932, are Liu Tsong-woo, native of Talyang, 25; Pan Hong-sung, native of Soochow, 20; Zau Soong-zen, Soochow man, 20; and Dien S-yang, native of Shaohsing, 22. 'The first accused was sentenced to seven year's imprison ment, the second and fourth to six years' imprisonment, while the third one to a twelve years' gaol term, Five pistols and 44 rounds of ammunition were confiscated, With the exception of the term given to the first accused which remains the same as the one given by the First Special District Court, the other three accused drew much heavier terms than the original sen-fences. By the judgment of the First Special District Court delivered. in January, 1933, the second and third accused were sent to gaol for, respectively, three and four months while the fourth received a sentence two months' imprisonment! Suspended for two, years As a result of police appeal against the decision, much heavier sentences were passed on the four accused by the Second Branch Kiangsu High Court on July 12. By this judgment, the first three accused were entericed to twelve years' imprison-vent each, while the fourth received term of pealed against the Judgment, and a retrial was ordered, which ended last week. When the Sentences were pronounced on Thursday, the accused requested the Court not' to send them to Ward Road Gaol but to enable them to serve their respective sentences in the detention house. The request was granted.
During the proceedings, all the a: cused maintained a stout denial of the charge of premeditated murder. They said their intention was only to warn the merchants against dealing in "enemy" goods,
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