SENTENCED TO DEATH
TWO I.R.A. TERRORISTS COVENTRY EXPLOSION RECALLED Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright LONDON, December 14. For the first time since the I.R.A. began its outrages terrorists have been sentenced to death. Peter Barnes (32) and dames Richards (29) were sentenced to death for murder in connection with the Coventry explosion. Joseph Hewitt, his wife, and mother-in-law were found not guilty, but face other indictments. The prosecuting counsel declared that the paymaster in this case might not he in Dublin, but might he further afield.
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Evening Star, Issue 23451, 16 December 1939, Page 12
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84SENTENCED TO DEATH Evening Star, Issue 23451, 16 December 1939, Page 12
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