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CHARGE AGAINST FRENCH CITIZEN v SEQUEL TO MURDER (British Official Wireless) RUGBY, February 14. (Received Feb.' 15, at 5.5. p.m.) The British Government has made a formal request for the extradition of Roger Vernon, alias Lacroix, on a charge of murdering Max Kassel, known as Emil Allard, whose body was found near St, Albans on January 24, and of Susan Bertrand on a charge of being an accessory after the crime. The British Note says that if, on account of their French nationality and the French law, the French Government is unable to accede to this request, the British Government will request that all \ necessary steps be taken by the French Government to ensure that Justice is done. Copies of the warrants and depositions have been enclosed with the Note, and the British Government will give all assistance to see the ends of justice served.
It is understood that a French law of 1927, while making it impossible to extradite French citizens, enables the French courts to deal with crimes committed by them abroad.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 22807, 17 February 1936, Page 9
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176EXTRADITION SOUGHT Otago Daily Times, Issue 22807, 17 February 1936, Page 9
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