PREFERRED POISON.
ESTHONIA CRIMINAL CODE. A MURDERER’S CHOICE. (.niter! Tress Assn,—Elec. Tel. Copyright (Received Aug. 22, 11.45 a-in.) REVAL, Aug. 21. Given the choice of a poison cup or hanging, Paul Voigemast, who was convicted cf murdering a school mistress', gulped a dose of poison and died. He was the second to be given the choice under the new Esthonian criminal code. The first preferred hanging.
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Waikato Times, Volume 118, Issue 19661, 22 August 1935, Page 7
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66PREFERRED POISON. Waikato Times, Volume 118, Issue 19661, 22 August 1935, Page 7
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