Show singular austrian law A few days ago the murderer of mr held the Pal paisley cley man who bously disappeared from Il heidelberg eidelberg last july having been arrested in austria was tried at FF and gas BBS convicted and sentenced to 20 ears imprisonment the case illustrates a singularity 0 of the Au cil minal law generally sp ething a premeditated pie meditated murder Is punishable by death in austria but in cases where between the time of the murder and the arrest the prisoner has been punished for some soma other crime a sentence of capital unish cannot be passed upon him in this case the mat mui murderer derer b had ad served a weeks tor for petty theft about january of this year and to this circumstance alone be to Is indebted for his life |