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Show MAN KILLS MOTHER TO BE MERCIFUL; FREED BY JURY after killing his mother, he added: "My mother whs suffering tortures. The doctors agreed she muld not recover. re-cover. I feel that though I broke the law, I did right I'm willing to pay any penalty you think just. My action would not have been necessary If the state would pass a law enabling doctors doc-tors to end the sufferings of Incurables." Incur-ables." Tlie matter was discussed at lengtb in the press, recently. - Son Defends Slaying of Cancer Suf ferer as Justified; Verdict ia Cheered In Court Uragulgnun. France. Richard Cor-oett Cor-oett who culmly told a Jury how be shot his Invalid mother to spare her from pnln. was acquitted of murder The verdict which seemingly placed the stamp of approval on the taking of life for humanitarian ends, brought a controversy that Is now sweeping through all France. Corbet t the son of an English father fa-ther and a French mother, declined the services of counsel. With surprta Ing poise he told of killing his mother last Mar when he learned that she was suffering from an Incurable can cer and then trying to kill himself ne had been her nurse during het long Illness. The defendunt made a dramatic plea to the Jury In which he asserted 8 that he had done right even though he had broken the law. The public prosecutor demanded a verdict to estahllsh Corbctt's gufa al though he said he would be satisfied with the mlmlmum sentence, five years. - The Jurors, after an hour's dellh eratlon, brought In their verdict of "not guilty." Spectators In the massed courtroom cheered and sobbed In a spectacular demonstration. Asked by the court If his mother requested him to kill her, CorbeM replied: re-plied: "! As all sick persons say at a moment mo-ment of crisis, i wish I were dead.' " "But she never asked youT It was yon who coolly and deliberately decided de-cided to end her life!" came another question. Corbett a?qulesced with a bow of his head. After telling bow be shot himself |