BATTLE OUTSIDE PRISON
LENIENCY ENRAGES CROWD MANY CASUALTIES RESULT SEQUEL TO MURDER TRIAL By Telegraph— Press Assn.—Copyright. Australian Press Association. Received June 9, 11 p.m. Paris, June 8. Incensed at what they considered a miscarriage of justice in connection with a murder trial, mobs at Limoges rioted outside the prison and desperate conflicts with police 1 and troops resulted in heavy casualties. Charles Barataud, a wealthy citizen, was found guilty of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment, not death. The populace believed he had escaped death because he was wealthy, and they attacked the gaol. The Republican Guard was called out with fixed bayonets. A battalion of infantry camo to reinforce them and the outbreak was subdued. The casualties included 50 wardens and police, 14 military and 20 demonstrators. The market place resembled a battlefield.
The jurymen have since explained that their verdict was misinterpreted. It was a case of dual murder and they favoured a life sentence on one charge and desired execution on the other.
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Taranaki Daily News, 10 June 1929, Page 9
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