PUBLIC EXECUTIONS
CHANGE IN FRENCH LAW | \y ' Executions by tho guillotine in Franco \vill 110 longer take place in public. A decree law giving eiFect to this decision was signed by President Lebrurf recently. In. future, as in British countries, executions will, take place in prison courtyards and only officials will bo present. - ■ , Tho decision is believed to be the re--B"|t °£ tho publicity, pictorial and otherwise, Riven to the execution of ■tiUgene Weidmann, tho mass murderer.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23417, 5 August 1939, Page 2 (Supplement)
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76PUBLIC EXECUTIONS New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23417, 5 August 1939, Page 2 (Supplement)
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