CONDEMNED MEN'S LUCK.
-, AuL.jt.ljer axaazihg ntory, vyhich "Notes and Queries" • quotes . from a Dutch magazine for 1859, .tells how, in 1695, when King William 111., the Stadtholder of the Netherlands, was besieging Nanmr, two Englishmen who were caught looting were sentenced to death. Such extraordinarily brave men were they, however, that the Cominan-der-in-Chief decided to spare one of them, a throw of the dice to decide which. One of the condemned men shock the box, and—out fell two sixes. The othor followed suit, and the result was again two sixes. "Throw again !" cried the commanding officer, and they threw again, each one this time getting two fives. The officer was so struck by the coincidence that he delayed the execution and referred the case to the court-martial, then sitting. The courtmartial, however, ordered another throw, but when this resulted in two fours it was so impressed that the case was referred to a higher authority, and tha men were eventually pardoned.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXIII, Issue 8850, 29 May 1914, Page 6
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CONDEMNED MEN'S LUCK.
Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXIII, Issue 8850, 29 May 1914, Page 6
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