The two sons readily*confessed to the crime stating that they had electrocuted their father. Dressed in long gowns, they both looked pale. When the judge asked them why they had dismembered the body of their dead father, they stated that they had learned from the book that their mother who was ill-treated by their father would die if their father did not die. Their mother told the court that she did not know anything about the murder plot and that although she was informed of her husband's death afterwards she had never aided her sons in the dismemberment of the body.
She fully testified to the bad nature of her late husband, asserting that he had been cruel to her finding fault with her in very small matters. He also ill-treated his two sons, she said. The police explained in court as to bow they arrested the sons and mother. It was alleged that it was the mother who gave the officers a key leading to an upstairs room where the body was found. It was revealed that the elder sister of the two sons made a report to the police which led to the gruesome discovery. The sister was too shocked to appear in court.
"The lawyers for the defence tried their best to exonerate their clients but the judge did not appear interested in their pleadings. One lawyer stated that the sons were suffering mental trouble and that their mother had heart trouble too, insisting that they should be examined by experts. The judge said that no such examination was necessary. Another lawyer appealed for leniency on the ground that the sons had committed the crime in order to help their ill-treated mother.
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