Kneeling Monarch Pardons Men Condemned to Death
By Cable. —Press Association. — Copyright. Reed. 9.5 a.m. MADRID, Friday. 'Y'VTITH ancient ceremony, King Alfonso pardoned three cont Cour^ere t^eda in^ service of mourning in the Palace, and the kneeling monarch prayed audihlj at the moment of consecration, alter which the Patriarch of the Indies carried him a traj • bearing the condemned men's petitions, tied With Theae aC patriarch said: “Sir, the justice of the larth condemned them to the extreme penalty. Do you pardon them. 1 The King said: “I pardon them, that God may Immediately the black bands were changed" 1 for white ones, in sign of pardon. —A. and N.Z.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 323, 7 April 1928, Page 1
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