SENTENCE FOR MURDER.
12 YEARS ON DEVIL'S ISLAND. FRENCH MILLIONAIRE'S CRIME. PARIS, Nov. It. A young multi-millionaire, Jean Houyet, a bachelor, was sentenced to 12 years' imprisonment on Devil's Island, followed by 20 years' banishment, for murdering Paulette Robida in a. taxi-cab in a fit of jealousy. Houyet gave evidence that the jolting of the car had prevented him from taking his own life. Ho added confidentially to the Judge: "You have no idea how hard it is to shoot oneself."
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 21029, 13 November 1931, Page 9
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81SENTENCE FOR MURDER. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 21029, 13 November 1931, Page 9
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