JAPANESE MURDERS.
CRIMES DURING DISASTER. EXEMPIARY~~SENTENCES., TOKIO. Dec. S. Captain Amakauu, the murderer, of Mr. Osvigi Sakai, a leading Socialist, and his wife,; following* the earthquake, has been sentenced to 10 years' •-;' imprisonment by" court martial. Sergeant Mori, who strangled v the American nephew of Mr. : Sakai, has beengiven three years* imprisonment. ; Three other gendarmes who were, implicated have . been acquitted *.; on the ground' that they >i were merely • acting* under orders. • „ < J Dr.- Wang, who has * arrived at Tokio from Peking, officially to investigate the killing, of 'Chinese •citizens in the massacre which took place after the earthquake, says >> that pie Vis doing ?.& : ;'' disagreeable ? duty as impartially as possible.; He ! has been promised the ? fullest co-operation lof the Japanese officials. _ ,
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18586, 19 December 1923, Page 11
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