FRENCH MILITARY INQUIRY
SOLDIERS ALLEGED TO HAVE BEEN
SHOT BY MISTAKE.
(Rec. January 29, 5.5 p.m.) Paris, ' January 28.
An inquiry has been opened concerning the case of six married soldiers who, it is alleged, were shot by mistake in December. 1914, on the ground that they abandoned their posts in the presence of tho enemy. Their widows are claiming revision of the sentence and a proclamation of the men’s innocence. Before their death the soldiers were given time to inform the relatives of their impending fate. One wrote to his wife: “1 am going to be shot for an unknown reason.” He stated that two squads retired by the order of an officer, who denies the allegation. The Minister of Justice ordered a new trial. —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.
THE SENTENCE ANNULLED. (Rec. January 30, 11 p.m.) Paris, January 29. The Court of Cassation annulled the sentence passed on tho six soldiers who were shot. It awarded their widows annual pensions of 2000 francs, and their children, pensions of 1000 francs, as from December, 1914.—Au5.-N.Z. Cable Assn.
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Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 108, 31 January 1921, Page 5
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