UNWRITTEN LAW.
MURDER UNDER PROVOCATION. FRENCH JURISTS ACQUIT. by gable—press association— copyright PARIS, Oct. 7. Yet another case of a jury acquitting a woman who committed murder under provocation is reported. Madame Ohaput, wife of a professional wrestler, was to-day charged with murdering’ Madame Francois, who was a rival for her husband’s love and lived in a caravan given her by the wrestler Chaput. Madame Chaput, brushing past her husband, who tried to stop her,, smashed the window of the caravan with the butt of a. revolver and then fired six shots into the vehicle. Madame Francois, who was inside, was hit and died instantly Madame Chaput in evidence stated that her husband brought her rival to her home, and when she reproached him he purchased the caravan in order that he might visit Madame Francois without interruption. In view of the acquittal of Raynal, on Monday, Parisian juries seem agreed upon a woman’s right to lull under certain circumstances.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 9 October 1925, Page 5
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