The alleged sanction of the Kuang. tung. Provincial Government, to the execution. on December 30 last, of four Cantonese merchants dealing Japanese goods was used by counsel for the defence as an argu ment in appealing for the acquittal seven alleged members of the "Bloody Group for" the Exterination of Traitors," who appeared fon remand before the First Special istriey Court on Jan. 7, charged with indulging in terrorist activ Uarine the last few months, cluding murders, _bomb-throwings, snd assaults on Chinese merchant allegedly dealing in Japanese good:
Counsel summing up, told Court. that capital punishment was meted out by, the Kuangtung authorities to the "traitorous" merchants st who had dealt in Japanese goods. and it would show the inconsistency of Chinese officials' decisions should im-[prisonment sentences be imposed by this Court, upon the prisoners who. had tried to check the activities of" traitorous" merchants.
Counsel asked for sentences upon the pi were found guilty.
Proseeuting, Mr. ¥. D. Wong, [Assistant Municipal Advocate, asked {for the conviction of all the prisoners who, counsel pointed out, had made full'a confession of the part played them inthe crimes for whic thad also been given by the various ey nad been "arrested. Bvidenes. complainants in the case. which would justify the imposition of imprisonment sentences upon the ace fonsed under Articles 284, 918 and 882 of the Criminal Code and. Article 1 of the Law for the Sup-Pression. of Firearms, stated.
Judgment was reserved by the! court "The case against the seven prison evs was one of the two "terrorists" eases heard by the First strict Courts In the other ease, faders, delivered "on Tire ay, by, which three alleged members, for the "Bloody Group" were sentence three months" imprisonment: and legal firearms, "while a sponded sentence, a woman was" given SECOND SPECIAL COURT, Russian Charged with Murder:
Only formal evidence of identification was taken when th [was opened at the Public Mortuary, Fearson Road, on 5 fon the Indian physician who! was shot dead. at 120 Avenue Dubail, jon Wednesday. 'The name of the deceased was. given' as Hormusjea Fdulje Tachakara.
Hormusji C, Umrigar. carrying, fon business as a cotton merchant at Peking "Roud, stated that
Drother-in-lay, whom he had kuo wa, recognised, the body as that of hia Jabout twenty Detective Inspector Leon Henti, lof the French police, gave evid that "a Rustian named. Niko Sotnikoff had been arrested charged with the murder fed, which: said the witness hag admitted, The Coroner,. Mr. adjourned the fiques The "North-China Dally New:
informed that, the deceased who had been living in Sfianghal for a period of about 15 years, had a wits and several children" living Bombay.
Citarged with murdering Eduljee at 120 Avenue Dul bail 3.45 pans Nicholas Sotnikoff, aged was remanded in custody at the Second Special District Court Second Special District Court, The accused admitted the show. ing, stating that he had received treatment fron the doctor, but +hac never been cured. The the shooting, prevent this" "ung from "vietimising" any patients, Tae China Realty company sued ae, LIH Johnson Grant Jones, on Jan. 6 Zor $246 Supreme Court. before "Judge,
{for rent: costs and solicitor's fees. The claim was admitted by the defendant, judgment thereupon being entered for the plaint B. Davies, who appear for the plaintiff company, then waived sellcttor's fees.
Ax echo of the bur lary "at th residence of Colonel Teng Chengchuan, former Woosung forts tom-mandant, in the French Concession, war heatd in "the First "Special District Court on Jan, 6, when a ged to be concerned in the handed over to the ice for trial in the Second District Court, 'The burry was committed on the night of December 14 last, the stolen articles. being valued at about $10,000, and including a gold watch, which was a gift from General' Chiang Kai-shek to Colonel Tong.
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