Jasper County Democrat, Volume 23, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 April 1920 — MAY EXILE CAILLAUX [ARTICLE]

MAY EXILE CAILLAUX

IS FOUND GUILTY OF DEALING WITH GERMANY. High Court of Senate Convict* Former Premier—Find* There Were Extenuating Circumstance*. Paris, April 23.—Joseph Calllaux, former premier of France, was found guilty of having had commerce with the enemy by the high court of the senate. The vote was 150 to 91. The court by a vote of 128 to 110 found that there were extenuating circumstances in M. Caillaux’s case. The crime for which M. Cailaux was convicted is covered by article 78 of the military code, which calls for a sentence of banishment for a maximum of five years or a minimum of one year. The charges of high treason and intelligence with the enemy against Calllaux were eliminated by the high court by a vote of 213 to 28. Tills eliminated the possibility of the death penalty being inflicted. The court then took up the charge of correspondence, or commerce, with the enemy. Conviction on this count might entail imprisonment in a fortress for not more than five years or less than one year, or banishment.