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Show Man Slays Wife by Gun; Court Imposes $10 Fine Called upon to pronounce on the case of a man who killed his wife because be-cause he had discovered that she was unfaithful, an Assize court jury sitting sit-ting at Lille has returned a thoroughly thorough-ly French verdict. It found him not guilty of murder, but guilty of carrying carry-ing arme Illegally." Charles Simmoneau, an accountant account-ant was the accused man. Suspecting Suspect-ing his conjugal misfortune, he had engaged a detective to follow his wife's movements. Informed one day that she was in a certain hotel, he waited near until she left and then followed and shot her. She died in three months. In court Simmoneau Sim-moneau said that he deeply regretted his act, and also expressed his grief at not having been allowed to go to his wife's bedside to beg her forgiveness. forgive-ness. Acquitted of the murder charge, he was fined $10. |