Court in Shanghai will hear an appeal case tomorrow afternoon in connection with the murder of a Chinese father by his two sons, who were sentenced to death some months Court! The youths have appealed ago by the First Speci ie
against the judgment passed by the lower court on the plea of hereditary mental derangement. It is expected by Chinese press circles that the case will draw the attention of a big crowd of visitors.
After receiving the death sentences, the youths, Chou Ching-chi and Chou Ching-hsiang and their mother, who was also sentenced to two years and six months' imprisonment charged with aiding and abetting in the crime, all signified their wishes to appeal against the judgment. Through their lawyers they succeeded in securing permission from the court to have judicial doctors examine them closely as they said that they were mentally unbalanced. The judicial doctors have completed their investigations hence the hearing.
It will be recalled that the youths killed their father sleeping in bed by means of electrocution at their home in Avenue Haig. After the murder, the youths were trying to dismember the body when the police suddenly intervened having been informed of the crime by one of their sisters.
During the many previous hearings, it was revealed that the youths committed the crime in order to save their mother, who was alleged to have been ill-treated by their late father,
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