CONVICTED BY BABY.
PARIS. May 3>. 'I he whence of his own child, aged three yearn ,as an opted before the Monro faro Criminal Court to-dav against Eli. line B'.niigiiio a wealthy Riviera hotel-keeper, who was sentroi- ■■ dto 20 years penal servitude for the murder of his wife and his daughter, aged nine. Hearing se;eams in the mi Idle of the night, the hotel staif went to Mine. Blangino's room and found her and her daughter lying dead on their lied. 1 e-ida which sioo.l Etienne Blangitvi. ha'f-dressed with blood-stained dothi ng. The only direct witness was tie- baby aged three, who was in the room at the time. When quoxti -nod quietly bv the police, the baby babbled: -‘Why did daddy cm mv mummy and sister?". Despite Blatigino's protests of innocence. the child’s conjectures were regarded bv the jury as conclusive evidence.
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Hokitika Guardian, 14 July 1927, Page 1
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143CONVICTED BY BABY. Hokitika Guardian, 14 July 1927, Page 1
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