Show UNJUSTLY SENT TO DEATH spanish tribunals after his execution concede that ferrei was not guilty of extreme offense lenso Of spanish republicans socialists anarchists ts and radicals of all degrees celebrate cele brata january 10 as the birthday of francisco ferrer who convicted ot of having incited revolutionary riots in barcelona was executed in 1809 1909 ferrer was in many ways a remarkable mana man a fanatic of unbelief who accepted death as bravely as any me martyr of the f faith alth that he ha was an unjustly convicted and executed has since been decided by tribunal which generally considered the case months after the death of the victim and as gravely handed down a decision that ferrer was innocent of the charges made against him I 1 ferrer was born bora in a village near barcelona on january 10 1850 early in lif ufa a ho he be became came a shop boy and then a ticket inspector on a spanish railway although he had few educational advantages he be was naturally a student and spent all his spare time reading and studying scientific and philosophical works ile he early became an opponent oi of the church and a republican and his intellectual ability won tor for him a place among the leaders ot of the spanish anti clericals and anti monarchists 1 |