INNOCENT MAN’S ORDEAL.
* * Six Years in Prison as a Convict.
Berlin, July 6
A terrible instance ot the miscarriage of justice has just come to light. Nearly 6 years ago a wealthy land owner named Herman Liechtenstein, of Pastenburg, Prussia, was charged with setting his house on fire with the object of defrauding an insurance company. His wife was also charged with aiding and abetting him. , Both strenuously protested their innocence, but they were found guilty. The man was sentenced to six years’ penal servitude, and the woman to two years penal servitude. The man’s sentence would have expired in August. A peasant named Henry Meyer has confessed, however, that he set fire to the house and deliberately allowed Liechtenstein and his wife to be condemned, as he had a grudge against them. Liechtenstein’s immediate release has been ordered, but he is completely broken by six years of convict life. Mme. Liechtenstein, who was released four years ago, has suffered severely owing to a boycott imposed by her neighbours, who insulted and mocked her.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXX, Issue 431, 1 September 1908, Page 4
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174INNOCENT MAN’S ORDEAL. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXX, Issue 431, 1 September 1908, Page 4
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