SIX MEN SENTENCED
DEATH OF CONSUL
MAXIMUM OF 15 YEARS
(Received April 18, 12.40 p.m.)
BAGDAD, April 17.
Sentences varying from eight years to fifteen years' hard labour were imposed on six men at a court martial in connection with the death of the British Consul at Mosul, Mr. G. E. A. C. Monck-Mason, who was killed by a mob after the death of King Ghazi. Two lads who were sentenced to death had their sentences commuted to fifteen years' hard labour on the ground of their youth.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVII, Issue 90, 18 April 1939, Page 11
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88SIX MEN SENTENCED Evening Post, Volume CXXVII, Issue 90, 18 April 1939, Page 11
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