RIGHT TO KILL.
PARISIAN JtfBIES' VIEWS. (by cable—raws associates—coroimt.) (AUBTBALIAN ASS Jf.S. CABM ASSOCUTXOK.) (Received October Btb, 6.5. p.m.). . PARIS, October 7. ,' ' Yet another case of a jury acquitting a woman who committed murdor under provocation is reported. Mad«B» Chaput, wife of a professional wrestler, : was to-dn> charged with murdering . Madame Francois, who was her, rival, for her husband's lovo, and lived in a •, caravan given her by the . wrestler. Madamo Chaput, brushing past har husband, who tried to stop her, smashed the window ( of the caravan with the butt of .a revolver and then fired six ;; shots into tho vehicle. • Madaine. Francois, who was inside, was hit ana died instantly. Madamo Chaput, in evidence, stated that her husband brought hor "rival to her home, and , when she reproached him ho purchased, the caravan in order that ho might visit Madame Francois without interruption. In view of other recent acquittal*, Parisian juries seem agreed upon a woman's right to kill under certain circumstances. • i
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Press, Volume LXI, Issue 18508, 9 October 1925, Page 11
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