SECOND MURDER TRIAL
SENTENCE OF FIVE YEARS
(Eeccived April 1, 2.15 p.m.) BATHUHST, N. 8., March 31. Joseph Norman Pitre, tho first man in tho history of British jurisprudence to face a second murder trial after once being acquitted, was,sentenced to imprisonment for a term of five years on Friday, following his conviction of murdering George Smith, a storekeeper. His brother, Wallace, received tho same sentence-for robbery with violence in connection, with the same case, .
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Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 77, 1 April 1933, Page 11
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75SECOND MURDER TRIAL Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 77, 1 April 1933, Page 11
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