AMNESTY GRANTED.
PRISONERS IN ITALY. (United Press Association—Copyright.) i LONDON, January 4. The correspondent of “The Times” at Milan says that in commemoration of Prince Umberto’s wedding the King of Italy has granted amnesty under which a year is being remitted from sentences of civil prisoners, and two years from the sentences of military prisoners. - Rielief will also be given in the case of pecuniary penalties. It is estimated that 400,000 persons will benefit. Six thousand convicts will be liberated. Dangerous criminals, and convicts " likely to constitute a social danger, will * lie excluded from the amnestv. —“Times” Cable.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 50, Issue 71, 4 January 1930, Page 5
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