CLEVER MURDER.

Gisborne Times, Volume LXVIII, Issue 10727, 26 October 1928, Page 5

CLEVER MURDER.

CHINESE LAW STUDENT- CONDEMNED TO DEATH. ,

WEALTHY WIFE FOUND

STRANGLED.

SMARTLY STAGED AFFAIR FAILS TO CONVINCE JURY,

tJnUmA Proas. Assn, by El,. TAl.' CopyiigM -Australian Press Association.)

(Received Oct. 25, 1 7115 p.m.) , - ' ; ; yr;; London, det. 25; Chuhgyi Mlao, a* Chinese' law-stu-dent, was sentenced. to death at Carlisle for strangling, hfs , Chinese wife at Borrowdale, during’-., their honeymoon in Lake District ons juno 19.

Chungyi Miao heatedly protested hi's innocence after sentence had been, passed, but Justice Humphreys intimated that he believed the 'Verdict was right. . Summing up, the judge said it was evident the murderer had staged the affair. The. clothes of the woman were torn, .suggesting an outrage on her. but there was no sign of any bruise on the body. He added .that Miao was an extremely clever man, who always had. a ready answer. : .. The defence suggested that two? Easterners, either Chinese or Japanese, murdered the woman for the very precious jewels . 'she carried, which were Worth . £3,000,' the wife being the daughter of a 'Chinese millionaire..

The Crown, however, showed that the Orientals were not within- three miles of the scene of the-murder.. .