MURDER OF SON.
Father Acquitted in French
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JURY'S STRANGE ATTITUDE
(Received 11 a.m.)
PARIS, January 21
The proverbial uncertainty of the jury system was illustrated at the Seine Assizes when a stonemason named Thill was charged with murdering his 19-year-old son, whom he shot while asleep. It was-admitted that the father was a drunken ne'er-do-well and that the son was constantly upbraiding him for it. , The defence was that the son was just as bad as the father. The jury askeu what the punishment would be if a verdict of guilty with extenuating circumstances was returned, and the judge said at least five years' gaol. The jury decided that wa-s too severe and brought in a verdict of acquittal.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXII, Issue 18, 22 January 1931, Page 7
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