ANCIENT CEREMONIAL.
CONDEMNED MEN PARDONED. KING OF SPAIN'S CLEMENCY. A. and N.Z. MADRID, April 6. To the accompaniment of ancient ceremonial King Alfonso to-day pardoned three men who had been condemned to death. The King, Queen and members of the Court, clothed in the most severe garments, attended a public service of mourning in the Palace. The kneeling monarch prayed audibly at the moment of consecration. ' After that the Patriarch carried to him a tray bearing the condemned men's petitions tied with black bands. The Patriarch said: "Sir, the justice of the earth hail condemned these men to suffer the extreme penalty. Do you pardon them ?" The King replied.: "I pardon them that God may pardon me." Immediately the black bands round the petitions were changed for white ones as a sign that the pardons had been granted.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 19916, 9 April 1928, Page 9
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138ANCIENT CEREMONIAL. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 19916, 9 April 1928, Page 9
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