The death sentence passed on Kiorniloff by the Chinese District Court is creating quite a stir in Russian circles in the Special railway area. The criminal, who is being defended by one of the best criminal lawyers in Harbin, Mr, A. A. Widder, has already lodged an appeal against the recent verdict given.
The chief "prosecutor, interviewed by local Russian newspapers, affirmed that the death sentence has long been in existence in China, though it was rai put into practice. There only one way to deal with invite rate criminals repeatedly rece' ing terms of penal servitude without effect and who are a danger to society, according to the procurator, and that is the death sentence. An appeal first goes tu the Higher Court and then to ths Senate, and the sentence can only be put into execution after it has
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