The Archive · 1938

Belgian Woman Given Death Sentence

Liege, July 9.

The Liege Assizes today condemned death Marie Becker, found guilty Uf poisoning eleven people, attempt ing to poison five others, and committing four thefts, The prosecution accused the woman of using digitaline to get rid of her Wieling: most of whom were axed 100, Throughout the trial, Becker proteed her innocence, "arguing that she used the digitaline which was food at her home to cure a heart The inal lasted over a month and consisted of 45 hearings. Over 300 witnesses were heard, and the jury took over six hours to arrive at 9

The condemned woman heard the sentence Ina semi-fainting state and te be carried out of the court-Ouiside the building a wild crowd] attempted to attack the car in which she was being driven to prison, and Trinforeements had to be called out dispel the demonstrators—Havas, Scottsboro Boy Not To Die Montgomery, Ala, July 6, 'The death santener on' Clarence Norris, "the "only Seottsbore boy avsiting death in the famous Scots-buro assault ease, has been com. uted "to life imprisonment by the Governor of Alabama Of the nine Scottsboro negroes, wh here originally charged with assoultog two white women in a box ca 8 1881, four are now free and fv who are serving long sentences, titand 0 ask for pardons—Reuter.

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