SON FOUND NOT GUILTY
KILLED MOTHER TO SAVE HER SUFFERING JURORS AND WOMEN FAINT United P.A.—By Telegraph—Copyright Reed. 10 a.m. PARIS, Monday. Francis Corbett, who shot his mother dead in her home at Nice to save her further suffering from incurable cancer, was found not guilty of murder. Corbett fainted as the jurors entered. Women were sobbing, and some of them also fainted. Corbett said: "Science having failed, I delivered her myself.” 1 A juryman fainted, and the court was suspended. The majority smoked furiously to allay their emotions. A doctor testified that the mother’s sufferings were excessive. Corbett stated: “My mother incited me to kill her, but she never definitely asked me to do it. I deliberately killed her, after administering a sleeping-draught.” Interviewed before the trial, Corbett said: “I am ready to face the judges fearless and without regret or excuse, except that I acted from motives of mercy. Many people have urged me to change my plea, but I will not do so. I loved my mother and I killed her because I loved her. I do not fear death because I tried to die. On the other hand if I am sent to prison I am ready to go.”
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 812, 5 November 1929, Page 9
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203SON FOUND NOT GUILTY Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 812, 5 November 1929, Page 9
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