MURDER IN JAPAN.
. —-■■■£—♦ AN EXTRAORDINARY CASE. By ■ Te)egr»ph—Press Assoastioa —Copyright United Service. , (Received September 23, 12.45 p,m.) . LONDON, September‘22. The “Daily Express” Tokio correspondent reports an extraordinary murder case.,. Yamada, an official of the Food Department, clubbed to death a rich rice importer. The murderer pleads high moral grounds. He slew’ his victim because the latter’s wickedness was such that he was unfitted to live. The dead man was a profiteer and-an inciter of food riots. Yamada’s counsel pleads the unwritten law. It appears that the victim brought £SOOO to Yaipada, hoping to obtain a concession by bribery.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 12752, 23 September 1919, Page 8
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