M. CLEMENCEAU'S COAT
("Times" Correspondent.")
Paris, March IS. The jacket and overcoat which M. Cleme'ncenu was waving when Cottin committed the crime for which lie is now under senteuce of death were impounded by Justice.as part of Hie corpus delicti. By all the rules of red tape 11. Clemenceau was destined never lo see his properly again. Iu these liard times, however, good clothes aro not to he dcspisod, especially as bullet-holes can be rendered invisible bv artful sewing. The Prime Minister, therefore, a.-ked for the return of'his jaoket a.'.i' ■—■?!■■ coat. .Tustice demurred on the :id thai, Cottin having appealed - ""•it the verdict, tho corpus delicti mi • be required again. M. Clemenceau dYI not accopt the objection, and'appealed once more to Sr. Ignaco, Under-Secretary of Slate for War, and this time .he'was successful.
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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 199, 17 May 1919, Page 7
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133M. CLEMENCEAU'S COAT Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 199, 17 May 1919, Page 7
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