Munlelpal Advocate, or SM.P.: Messrs, Groves, Wang Shih: hun, Chang. Tve-yang and ¥.'T! van, for Defendants, Before Judge Chien Hung-yih An X-Ray examination of ¥ih Liaison, alias "Little Cantonese," one ducted jointly by the Municipal and Court doctors, revealed that there was no trace of keys or other metals, in the prisoner's body, contrary to his statement ast week that he had twice attempted to commit suicide at police station by swallowing keys, was officially disclosed in the First Special District Court last. Wednesday when the hearing was resumed of the case against Yih and his alleged two accomplices, Yang Ven-tao and The Court doctor's report was read by court clerk and, according to, this, there were bruises between Yib's sixth, "seventh and eighth ribs, caused not by beating, but by what were believed to be rubbing with soft things. The prosecution pointed out that It could not prove torture as it was not mentioned how these bruises had come. The—prosecution then submitted to the court reports In this respect prepared by both foreign and Chinese detectives working on this case. The contents of these reports were not disclosed, Questioned vy. the Judge, Yin insisted that he had swallowed keys attempts to end his life and mentioned that the attempts were after his first and second confessions respectively. Regarding the bruises fon his body, the accused alleged that, during the two weeks' adjournment of "the case, he was once tortured by pouring water into his nose and at the same time rubbing his ribs. The accused alleged he was bound to a bench when was tortured and he could not tell who did this because his eyes were blindfolded, An application was made by counsel for defence for Yih's detention in the Court's detention "house suring the period of adjournment, bhut the Judge overruled this, point: {ing out that there was no detention house in court for criminal cases, Mr. G. R. Grove, lawyer for Yang Ven-t20, asked for his client's removal fo hospital, but his request was likewise rejected by the Judge who mentioned that if, as "Yang atieged, there were torture, the de-techyes concerned would be responsible but it was a separate question, Mr. Grove protested and cited the Tsai Yang-gee case.
To show that the prisoners had been ill-treated while they were held by the police, Mr, Paul Y. Ru, Assistant Municipal Advocate, "who Conducted the prosecution, told the Judge that detectives working, on this case were attached to X° -vell Road Police Station, but, sind" was arrested in Tsingtao and bro. here, Yih Hal-sen had been detain at Chengtu Road Station.
Yang. he had been detained at the Central Station, Mr, Ru said" that
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