A JURY’S BLUNDER.
TRIAL OF BANDIT. CABLI—PRESS ASSOCIATION- -COPYRIGF' PARIS. - July 24. i Owing to the jury’s blunder, the bandit Alphonse Mourey was sentenced to death in error at the Seine assizes. Mourey was charged with firing at the police when being arrested for robbery. Under French law this is punishable by death, even if the police are not hit. The jury was equally divided on the capital charge, which was equivalent to a, verdict of “no,” but the jury’s written verdict, handed to the judge, said “yes.” After the judge had pronounced sentence the jury realised the blunder, met again, and decided to inform the authorities. Mourey thus realised his good fortune.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 26 July 1924, Page 5
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113A JURY’S BLUNDER. Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 26 July 1924, Page 5
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