STILL IN BALANCE
HAUPTMANN S FATE WASHINGTON, Jan. 16. A few moments after the United States Supreme Court declined to grant Hauptmann a. writ of habeas corpus Governor Hoffman granted him a reprieve, which will stay the execution for sixty days. The law permits of no more than ninety days’ reprieve. Governor Hoffman still hopes either that Hauptmann will make a confession or the discovery of new evidence.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 15, 18 January 1936, Page 9
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68STILL IN BALANCE Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 15, 18 January 1936, Page 9
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