THE MURDER OF THE EMPRESS OF AUSTRIA.
SENTENCED TO IMPRISONMENT FOR LIFE. PUNISHMENT OF DEATH CANNOT BE INFLICTED. ■ By Telegraph.—Press Association.— Copyright. Geneva, November 11. The trial of Lucheni, for the assassination of the Empress of Austria, has been concluded. He was found guilty, and sentenced to imI prisonment for life. When the sentence was pronounced, the prisoner shouted, " Long live anarchy 1" "Death to the aristocracy." Throughout the trial the prisoner maintained a cynical bearing. Imprisonment for life is the extreme punishment that can be given the assassin of the Empress of Austria, according to the laws of Switzerland. The Federal constitution of 1874 had abolished capital punishment in Switzerland. ' But such a provision has been suppressed since, and each canton is allowed to re-establish capital punishment. Up to date but four or five out of the 25 States have reintroduced capital punishment. The canton or State of Geneva, where the crime has been committed, has not reintroduced that punishment. The Federal Council, or executive power, has no right to interfere, nor has the Federal legislative power. A new law could not be retroactive. Murder iB punished according to degrees. Extreme punishment is imprisonment for life.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXV, Issue 10908, 12 November 1898, Page 5
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THE MURDER OF THE EMPRESS OF AUSTRIA.
New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXV, Issue 10908, 12 November 1898, Page 5
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