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Show I. Blngular Austrian Law, I A few days ago tho murderer of Mr. j Hold, the Palsloy man who mystcrl- 9 ously disappeared from Heidelberg 1 last July, having been arrested In 1 Austria, was tried at Foldklrch and " was convicted and sentenced to 20 i yoars Imprisonment, i Tho caso Illustratos a singularity of i tho Austrian criminal law. Generally 1 Npoaklng, a premodltnted murdor is J punishable by death In Austria, but In cases whoro between the time of the 1 murdor and the arrest the prisoner has been punished for somo other " crime a sentence of capital nuntsh- mout cannot be passed upon him. In this case tho murdoror had served a weok's Imprisonment for petty theft about January of this year, and to this circumstance alono ho Is Indebted for his life. |