N appeal against sentence of death passed on Private David Eckford, of Kirkcaldy, Fifeshire, Scotland, and a member of the 1st Battalion, The Seaforth Highlanders in Shanghai, for the murder of Lance-Corporal James Davis, of the same regiment, at Shanghai on November 4 last year, was dismissed in H.M. Full Court yesterday. The appeal was heard by Judge Sir Athol D. A. MacGregor (Chief Justice of Hongkong), Judge Sir Allan Mossop (Chief Judge of H.M. Supreme
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