Sadgment was given against the Russian watehmah who was employ ed. by the Chinn General Omnibus Go, on Connaught Road, atthe Provisional-Court on October 8, oni charge of shooting and killing an: other watchman named A. Sadehi koff at the watchmen's quarters of the: company' of Conaught Road.
After the: accused had been sentenced to 15 years? imprisonment, Dr. Wilhelm, who appeared for the prisoner, immediately lodged notice of appeal The prisoner,'K. Gorboonof, had iquavrelled with'the deceased at their quarters after they had both been drinking on the night of September Li," In the scrime that followed witness testified that table lamp had fallen to the floor and the light was extinguished. After he had re-lit it, he saw the prisoner's nose was: Dleeding and thought the deceased must have punched it, After hav-me pacified them he' went to his In the morning at about eight felocke witness heard a revolver shot fired from the room below his dnd went to seo what was the Jnatter. "He saw the deceased shot rough the chest and reported the affair to the under-manager. The Police were called in and from inves Ligations discovered that the prisoner had relieved another watchman at the company's main entrance that morning before eight o'clock and had taken a fully-loaded pistol from him, The accused than went back to his room, which he was sharing with the deceased, and shot him. The prisoner when taken to the station made'a statement and said that he was glad that he had shot the seen Wilhelm's main defence wat final the accused wat not in his Fight mind when he committed the But mostly the same cigarette.
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