RUSSIAN JUSTICE.
A CONTRAST. (Phess Association —Copyright.) (Received May 21. 9.30 a.m). ST. PETERSBURG. May 20. At Warsaw last September Count Ronikier was convicted of the murder of a youthful brother-in-law who stood between him and a fortune, and was sentenced to 15 years' imprisonment. The Appeal Court has no\v reduced the sentence to 15 months oil the ground that the crime was one of manslaughter, and Ronikier had been allowed .Bail periding an appeal to the Senate-. Newspapers contrast the leniency iii this case with the sentence on Miss Malecka. who remains in custody pending appeal.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLVII, Issue XLVII, 21 May 1912, Page 5
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