180 YEARS’ GAOL FOR CRIMINALS.
TWO SERBIANS HAVE BEEN SENTENCED TO DEATH 58 TIMES. (United Press Assn.—By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) (Received May 22, 10.30 &.m.) VIENNA, May 21. Baja Omerovic and Ivan Makstimovic, two notorious Serbian criminals, who were sentenced to be hanged fiftyeight times, have been sentenced to imprisonment for 160 years apiece. They broke gaol and committed many atrocities after being sentenced In 1924, and were recaptured. The sentences conform to the Hungarian code, providing for a separate sentence for every offence.—Australian Press Association—United Service.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 18469, 22 May 1928, Page 8
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