KILLED MISTRESS
(Press Assn.—
FRENCH MULTI-MILLIONAIRE SENT TO DEVIL'S ISLAND
By Telegraph — Copyright).
PARIS, Wednesday. Jean Houyet, a young multi-mil-lionaire bachelor, was sentenced to 12 years on Devil's Island, to be followed by 20 years' banishment, for murdering Paulette Robida, his mistress, in a taxi-cab in a fit of jealousy. Houyet gave evidence that the jolting of the car had prevented his taking his own life. He added, confidentially, to the judge: "You have no idea how hard it is to shoot oneself." .
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Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 1, Issue 70, 13 November 1931, Page 5
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