Shigenojo Takagi, 31, the Japanese run driver of a motor car which injured two sentries of the Japanese Special Naval Landing Party on North Szechuen Road on March 4, was sentenced to prison for 18 months on Monday, according to local Japanese newspapers. The sentence wa' pronounced by Lieut.-Commander Wataru Osaka, presiding Judge at s naval court of the Japanese Gendarmerie Settlement Detachment.
Takagi was alleged to have deli-orately struck the two bluejackets with his car when they hailed him at 1 o'clock in the morning as he was driving home from a dance hall. He was alleged to have been drunk at ihe time. The two bluejackets, Hisao One and Seiji Takanobu, suffered serious injuries. The actions of Takagi, a chauffeur employed by Arai Yoko, 'a Japanese importing firm, were described by the Japanese press as "bringing shame on Shanghai Japanese." Two other occupants of the car were arrested, Takagi will be sent to Nagasaki soon to start his prison sentence.
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