CRIME IN FRANCE
3 P.M. EDITION
FATHER’S SPARTAN PLEA.
DEATH PENALTY FOR SON. (United Press Association.—By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) (Australian Press Association.—United Service.) Received September 18, 12.30 p.m. PARIS, Sept. 17. “Gentlemen of the jury, perform your duty! I demand the death penalty for my boy!” said a wood cutter named Ughetto at the trial of two lads who were charged with murdering an entire family of five. After seeking shelter for the night at a farmhouse, Jules Ughetto and Stephen Mucha shot the farmer, his wife, two children and a servant in cold blood.
The entire population of tho district seethed with fury and vowed that they would apply the lynch law. The court was guarded by 40 mounted and 70 foot police. The Prosecutor informed tho Judgo that Mucha was five days under sixteen when he committed the murders, therefore, he was not eligible for the death penalty.
Ughetto’s father’s spartan plea was fulfilled. The son was sentenced to death and Mucha to the maximum penalty—2o years. '
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIX, Issue 248, 18 September 1929, Page 8
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168CRIME IN FRANCE Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIX, Issue 248, 18 September 1929, Page 8
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