CHOICE OF DEATH.
ESTHONIAN JUSTICE
Received August 22, 11.35 a.m. REVAL, Aug. 21
Given the choice of a poison cup or hanging, Paul Voigemast, convicted of murdering a school mistress, gulped a dose of poison and died. He is the second to be given the choice under the new Esthonian criminal code. He first preferred hanging.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LV, Issue 226, 22 August 1935, Page 7
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56CHOICE OF DEATH. Manawatu Standard, Volume LV, Issue 226, 22 August 1935, Page 7
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