DEATH DEMANDED
TILLAGE MmSfeß.-,,, Father Asks Jury For Fatal Yerdict On Son., BOYS 1 * Kfrii 'TXMlljY'Oi'fj^E. ."(Australian ■: Press .Assn.—United (Received 1 p.m.) ',« ->~...' •^S"V,pAßlS^ : Sept^ffii)er^l7r*--"Gentlepien. of the-,j^iry,-perform your duty.' '" I demand the death penalty for my boy," said a wood cut-,-ter■ .at -, the trial.of. two..lads charged in -the\ village-.,0f Digue,. ; Provencejwith murdering an. entire .family. s of five. . ~,.., .-.".' . ~,.,,. .After seeking,shelter,, at a .rarmhemse, for the night juiea Ughetto and Stephen. Mucha shot ithe ; farmer, his. wife, two children and a servant in cold blood. The, entire population, of the country seethed with'fury and vowed they would apply lynch* law.- 1 The Court was guarded by 40■ mounted and 70 foot police.. • The i • prosecutor informed' the judge that Mucha-WAS'five, days under sixteen. When he committed the murders, therefore he was. not eligible'for the death penalty. '.'"'; : '"'",,'"". '' "' ' Ughettb's father's Spartan' plea was 'fulfilled. The : son was" sentenced -to death i and Mucha -..to the -maximum of ■ twenty years' imprisonment/ ; .
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Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 221, 18 September 1929, Page 7
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