MURDERER’S REPRIEVE
THEFT CHARGE POSTPONES EXECUTION PECULIAR FRENCH LAW (United P.A.—By Telegraph — Copyright) Reed. 10.55 a.m. PARIS, Tuesday. La Fortune, the negro dancer who was sentenced to death for murder, succeeded in putting off the day of execution by getting himself sentenced to try o years’ imprisonment at the Paris Assizes for stealing six shillings. La Fortune’s lawyer brought up the trivial misdemeanour in order to obtain a delay in the death sentence. The negro has the right of appeal, but this will not be heard for three months. Thus, it is certain that he has at least three months’ lease of life, or two years if he does not appeal, for under the French law he must serve imprisonment before he can be executed.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 717, 17 July 1929, Page 9
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125MURDERER’S REPRIEVE Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 717, 17 July 1929, Page 9
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