The Archive · 1935

Third High Court

Tang Murder Case well-to-do Chinese merchant was implicated during the hearing, the Third, Branch Kiangsu High Court on Friday, of Wong Hsing-kao's appeal against his sentence of life Imprisonment imposed on the charge of murdering Tang Chia-pan, former general manager of the Great World amusement resort on Avenue Edward VII, several years ago. Zau Kwan-fu, also sentenced to life imprisonment in the murder case, was a witness at yesterday's hearing and he alleged that Kuo Tso-shang, a well-to-do merchant of Shanghai, had instigated the crime. To enable the police to make investigations, an adjournment was ordered.

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