BOYS MURDER FIVE PEOPLE.
FATHER DEMANDS DEATH PENALTY. (COTTUD PRBBg ASSOCIATION— BT ELECTRIC tXUeOfcA** -COPYRIGHT.) PARIS, September 17. "Gentlemen of the jury, perform your duty! I demand the death penalty for my boy!" said a wood-cutter at a trial of two lads charged in the village of Digne, Provence, with murdering an entire family of five. After seeking shelter at a farmhouse for the night, Jules Ughetto and Stephen Mucha shot the farmer, his wife, and two children, and the servant in cold blood The entire population of the country seethed with fury ana vowed that they would apply law. The Court was guarded by 40 mounted and 70 foot ponce. The proeecutor informed the J u ®B e that Mucha was five days under tne age of 16 when he committed tlie murders, and therefore he was not eligible for the death penalty. Uahetto's father'b Spartan plea was fulfilled. His son was sentenced to death, and Mucha to the maximum penalty of 20 vears.—Australian Press Association, United Service.
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Press, Volume LXV, Issue 19728, 19 September 1929, Page 11
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