SOCCER.
FOOTBALL IN SPAIN. SEQUEL TO PLAYER’S DEATH. GIBRALTAR, March 13— At Seville Supreme Court Antonio Gomez Berrocal, a local footballer, was charged with the “murder” of another footballer named Manuel Cacao. The case was a sequel to a match played between the “Chaprisa” football club and the “Triana” football club last year. Bcrroeal, the goalkeeper of the former team, charged Cacao, who fell and fractured his arm. He died a few days later, and the prosecution alleged that it was a case of murder, and asked the Court to pass sentence of twelve years and a day. For the defence it'was-urged that the game was an authorised sport, and that tit*-, fondant had not committed any crime. Bcrroeal was discharged.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LI, Issue 16711, 22 April 1925, Page 3
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121SOCCER. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LI, Issue 16711, 22 April 1925, Page 3
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