PROVOKED TO MURDER.
FRENCH WOMAN'S DEED. ACQUITTAL BY PARIS JURY. A. and N.Z. PARIS. Oct. 7. Yet another case of a jury acquitting a woman who had committed murdci under provocation has been heard in a local Court. Madame Chaput, wife of a professional wrestler, was charged with murdering Madame Francois, who was a rival for her husband's love and who lived in a caravan which had been given her by the wrestler. On February 21 Madame Chaput, brushing past her husband who tried to stop her, smashed a window in the caravan with the butt end of a revolver and fired six shots into the vehicle. Madame Francois was killed instantaneously. Accused, in evidence, said her husband brought her rival to her home. When she reproached him he purchased the caravan in order to be able to visit Madame Francois without interruption. The verdict of acquittal shows that Parisian juries seem to be agreed upon a woman's right to kill under certain circumstances.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 19144, 9 October 1925, Page 9
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