Rex v. Furusawa - Murder on Ryujin Maru

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Rex v. Furusawa - Murder on Ryujin Maru

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Title Proper F0 GR0419 BOX 355 FILE 009
Date(s) of material from this resource digitized 1930
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Annotated Crown Brief Rex v. Kizo Furusawa. Furusawa is charged with the murder of Iwao Akazawa and found not guilty. Both Furusawa and Akazawa were employed on the Ryujin Maru, a vessel sailing from Japan to Vancouver; the murder occurred on said vessel while docked at Lapoint Pier, Vancouver. This document includes depositions from Katsuji Maeda, Makata Miwa, Takaki Nagasatsu, Jitsuichi Tominaga, Tsunematsu Nakamura, and Tomagoro Kamamura.
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Rex v. Furusawa - Murder on Ryujin Maru
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