VAQUIER DEATH SENTENCE.
REPRIEVE PETITION. INFLUENTIAL APPEAL. (Received 9 a.m.) LONDON, July 30. M. Herriot has written to Mr Arthur Henderson, Homo Secretary, appealing for the life of Vaquier, sentenced to death for tho murder of Jones, hotelkeeper at Byfleet. A petition for reprieve is being opened.
Mr Ben Turner, Labour M.P., writing in tho "Daily Herald," says: "The doubts and dangers surrounding the case make mo urge the Home Secretary not to hang Vaquier."
The "Daily Herald" in supporting the appeal affirms that in the neighbourhood where the crime was committed there is widespread belief that the whole facts have not been disclosed and emphasises the Frenchman's disadvantage in defence owing to his ignorance of the English language.—A. and N.Z.
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Northern Advocate, 31 July 1924, Page 5
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