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A SIDELIGHT ON WAR, AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION. PARIS, Jan 28. An inquiry has been opened concerning the case of six married soldiers, who it is now alleged were shot by mistake in December 1914, on the ground that 'they had abandoned their posts in the presence of the enemy. The widows of the men are claiming a revision of the sentence, and a proclamation of the men’s innocence. ’ Before their deaths the soldiers were given time to inform their relatives or their impending fate. One of them wrote to his wife: “I am going to be jdiot for some unknown reason.” He stated that two squads had been retailed by the order of an officer, who denies the allegations. The Minister of Justice has ordered a new trial.
SENTENCES ANNULLED. (Received this day at B#a.m.)8 # a.m.) .PARTS, January 29. The Court of Cessation annulled the sentences passed on six soldiers, who were shot (cabled yesterday) and awarded the widows annual pensions of two thousand francs and the children of one thousand francs from December 1914.
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Hokitika Guardian, 31 January 1921, Page 2
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181SOMEONE BLUNDERED Hokitika Guardian, 31 January 1921, Page 2
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