DEATH PENALTY
LIMITED APPLICATION IN BRITISH ARMY ANNOUNCEMENT BY WAR MINISTER. ABOLISHED FOR DESERTION AND COWARDICE. By Telegraph—Press Association, —Copyright. (Received This Day. 12.10 p.m.) LONDON, November 7. Tn the House of Commons, Mr HoreBelisha (War Secretary) said that the death penalty had been abolished in the British Army for desertion, cowardice and sleeping on sentry duty. It would be applied only for murder, mutiny and treachery.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 8 November 1939, Page 6
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67DEATH PENALTY Wairarapa Times-Age, 8 November 1939, Page 6
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