DEATH PENALTY
' > ' A GERMAN DECISION. [BY CABLE —PRESS ASSN. —COPYRIGHT.] BERLIN, May 1. Despite there having been - a temporary abeyance of the death penalty, the authorities have refused to reprieve Teyzner, convicted of murder. This will be the first execution in Germany for three years. ' It is stated that the authorities are alarmed at the large number of brutal murders: In view of this precedent, it is considered certain that Kuerten will be sent to the guillotine. N.S.W. ABOLITION. SYDNEY, May 1. - The Attorney-General, Mr Lysaght, in the New South Wales Assembly, introduced a Bill to make certain law reforms. His Bill, inter alia, provides for the abolition of capital punishment.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 2 May 1931, Page 7
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