The Kenilworth Advertiser. — 1891-03-28 (Kenilworth, Warwickshire, England)

WRONG MAN SENTENCED.  It would be hard to produce any story of the hardthins of wrongly-convicted men to match one which :he Paris correspondent of the Daily News relates. It is that of the Spanish labourer named Barr, who two years ago was convicted at the assizes of areassone for the murder of a farmer in :he neighbourhood of Narbonne. He was sent into penal servitude. Through the untiring ?Rona of a devoted wife, aided at length by the 7onfegsion of another Spaniard, the innocence af Barras was recently estab:ished, and the Pretident of the Republic releasod him upon a free oardon. As he had no money, and his wife and mother-in-law had ruined therntelves in their efforts :el his behalf, the misfortune of the family arocised the public. When the Fiyaro opened a subscription for them a sum of £4OO was received in a few days. What has happened since is unique. The son of M. Pradies, the murdered farmer, sued Barns for damages on account of his father's death. He claimed £4,000. The court held that flarras, having been convicted for the murder, was liable for damages to the heirs. The ;7ommission of Pardons may be convinced of his innocence, M. Cannot may have pardoned him, but the judges can only take cognisance of the sentence. What is worse, this sentence was confirmed by the different courts to which Barras's counsel appealed. The sentence could be reversed only if the real murderer were tried and found guilty. flut the latter, although he has confessed, is actually protected by the law from molestation. Shertly after the murder this man was chaiged with the crime, but wa acquitted. This rnakos it legally impossible ever to convict him for this riurder, and the sentence of Barra!, the innocent man, cannot therefore be reversed. Frer.eh itn,ges have no alternative but to lock upon him as guilty, and award damages accordingly. So this unfortunate man, who has undergone two years of convict life, and has lost his position and all he had, was sentenced to pay £l2O damages for a murder which he never committed. LA gal authorities are of opinion that there is no redress for the iniqult.  The Princes_, ..s.audani oi Hawaii. who has been chains to succeed Queen Litiokalani, has for acme time past been living in the strictest privacy and retirement in England. Only a few intimate friends know the school where the young Princess is being educated. A dhow has arrived at Suakin bringing 19 Dervishes from the Danakil country who were captured at Berta, 35 miles to the south of Akik. Thee state that they were on their way to Join °snarl bigna, who had promised help in fighting the Abyssinians. The tribes are rapidly re-settling in the Tokar Delta, under the auspices of the Egyptian Government. Osman Digna is going to Kassala. Be is said to have proposed going to Berber, but to have been deterred by the hostility oc the tribes. The counuy le perfectly quiet, and great contentment prevails.  'Famines, : FAT Ann Torture, Turf toilmistion ' e-sur-Mer, France. The , Prinsch and. . man (published twice containing . re: for s.ll Important Handlceps se soon es . and latest Market Movements on the same, forwarded free on receipt of address. Double and Treble Events. 02 P. on all Ramis. No representatives. The Oldest Established , Firm in the World.