Jules-Alexandre Ughetto
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- Gender
- male
- Country
- France
- Location
- Valensole, France
- Date of birth
- December 6, 1910
- Age at first offence
- 18
- Characteristics
- juvenile, abuser
- Victim profile
- The farmer Richaud, his wife, two children, and a servant
- Method of murder
- Shooting
- Date(s) of murder
- December 8, 1928
- Years active
- 1928
- Date of arrest
- —
- Status
-
Executed
Executed by guillotine on January 24, 1930
Background
Paris, 17th September.
A woodcutter made a plea at the trial of two lads. He said: "Gentlemen of the Jury, perform your duty. I demand the death penalty for my boy,".
Jules Ughetto was charged in the village of Digne, Provence, with murdering an entire family of five.
The offence
After seeking shelter in a farmhouse at night, Jules Ughetto and Stephen Mucha shot the farmer, his wife, two children, and a servant in cold blood.
The murders involved an entire family of five: the farmer, his wife, two children, and a servant.
Investigation
The entire population of the country seethed with fury and vowed to apply the lynch law.
Trial
The trial took place in Digne, Provence.
The Court was guarded by forty mounted and seventy foot police.
The prosecutor informed the Judge that Mucha was five days under sixteen when they committed the murders, and was therefore ineligible for the death penalty.
Ughetto’s father made a Spartan plea. The plea was fulfilled.
At the trial:
- Jules Ughetto was sentenced to death.
- Stephen Mucha was sentenced to a maximum of twenty years' imprisonment.
Sentencing
Outcome
Jules Ughetto was executed by guillotine on January 24, 1930, in Digne-les-Bains.
The record notes "The execution of Jules Ughetto, 19, in Digne-les-Bains on January 24, 1930."
Aftermath
A report appeared in the Evening Post on September 18, 1929, under the heading referencing "Boy murderers" and "Father Demand Death Penalty".
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