LATE CABLES.
WAS IT MURDER? ] FRENCH JURY SAYS "NO." COUPJ-J. DIE TOGETHER. <By Cable.— Fress Association.—Copyright.) . (Received 2.30 p.m.) PARIS, July 10. The question of the right to kill in order to end hopeless suffering has for the third time within a few months been answered in the affirmative by a French jury. The latest case is that of the widow of s statioinnaster near Orlears, who was stricken by an incurable disease. The couple decided that they should die together. The wife built up a charcoal fire, sealed- up -the room, and laid' down to die at her husband's side. Several hours later neighbours broke in just in time to.save the woman, but the husband was dead. The woman was charged with murder, but the jury unanimously acquitted her. (A. and N.Z. Cable.)
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Auckland Star, Volume LVI, Issue 162, 11 July 1925, Page 10
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134LATE CABLES. Auckland Star, Volume LVI, Issue 162, 11 July 1925, Page 10
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