INNOCENT MAN'S PUNISHMENT
SEVENTEEN YEARS' PENAL SERVITUDE. By Cable. —Press Association.—Copyright Received 12, 12.45 a.m. Paris, Jyly 11. Clia.rles Miehaud, a, peasant, has been awarded £I2OO compensation for seventeen years' penal servitude in French New Guinea for murdering a neighboring farmer. The confession of another convict resulted in Midland's acquittal. Midland is 40 years old, and his wife throughout believed him innocent.
There was a tremendous ovation in court when Midland's innocence was proclaimed, It was also placarded in the Ambusson district and inserted in the newspapers.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 15, 12 July 1911, Page 5
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87INNOCENT MAN'S PUNISHMENT Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 15, 12 July 1911, Page 5
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