POLISH BANDITS’
Trial in France.
WOMAN SENTENCED TO 8 YEAP.S SECLUSION. <Ans. and N.Z. Cable A""\ (Received November 28 at 7.50 p.m.) PARIS, November 27. The biggest criminal trial for many years, lasting 25 days, ended after an all-night sitting of the Court, when the gang known as the Polish Bandits were sentenced: two mon to death, one to penal servitude for life, four to ten years’ imprisonment, seven to five years, three to four years, and one woman to eight years’ seclusion.
The criminals were Polish labourers who found work in the war devastated area. During the past two years they had terrorised North-Eastern France, attacking and murdering men on the roadsides, thieving paltry sums from victims’ pockets. The charges included eleven murders and attempted murders, sixtyeight woundings and assaults. Twenty-five counsel were engaged for the defence. The jury had to answer 550 questions. Thirty warders gu»rded the prisoners, who made frequent attempts to murderously attack one another in the dock.
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Grey River Argus, 29 November 1927, Page 5
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