PARIS GIRL HAUNTED.
A young girl belonging to the Paris underworld, who for two years had been haunted by the thought of a crime she had not committed, and had been unceasingly dogged by* the police, has been acquitted on a charge of murder brought against her in February, 1918. Two girls were walking along the Paris boulevards at a late hour in November, 191(5, when suddenly one of them uttered a cry, and sank to the ground. She was immediately taken to the hospital, but died a few hours afterwards. Death was caused by a violent knife thrust. Suspicion fastened on her companion, Jeanne Lacoste, but when a search
was made for her she had disappeared. Two years later Lacoste was
tried by default, and condemned to death for murder. ..Exactly two years later to a day, Lacoste was discovered occupying' a handsome villa with another girl. The inconsistencies in the evidence of several witnesses, combined with a brilliant and convincing speech by her counsel, resulted in the verdict of murder of 1918 being quashed, and she was acquitted.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 2173, 7 September 1920, Page 1
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180PARIS GIRL HAUNTED. Manawatu Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 2173, 7 September 1920, Page 1
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