TOO MANY PARDONS
EXECUTIONER, DIVOIJCED. WARSAW. August 28. Mine. Malinouske. wife of tbe public executioner, sued her husband bu divorce on the grounds that 3ns income has suffered through the falling-off in executions, duo to tbe executive clemency of tbe President, who has pardoned most of the men recently condemned to death. As a result her-husband is no longer able to support her “ in the manner to which, she lias been accustomed. The divorce has been granted., Not long ago the executioners m France complained that their incomes were suffering through the practice of commuting sentences of death to life imprisonment. They appealed to the President to discontinue the practice.
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ESD19270910.2.113
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Evening Star, Issue 19658, 10 September 1927, Page 12
Word count
Tapeke kupu
110TOO MANY PARDONS Evening Star, Issue 19658, 10 September 1927, Page 12
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Allied Press Ltd is the copyright owner for the Evening Star. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons New Zealand BY-NC-SA licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Allied Press Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in