SOLDIERS SENTENCED
SECRET COURT-MARTIAL (Rec. 10.30 a.m.) LONDON, Aug. 20. Two British soldiers were sentenced at Colchester, to-day on an undisclosed charge after a two-day trial by courtmartial, held behind sealed doors. United States officers and soldiers gave evidence. ; Rifleman Eric Smith, of the Royal Ulster Rifles, was found guilty on a joirit charge and three other charges, and was sentenced to three years’ imprisonment and discharged with ignominy from the Service. * Rifleman James John Connolley, also of the Royal Ulster Rifles, was found guilty on a joint charge and was sentenced to nine months’ detention.
A secret court-martial of a third British. soldier, Sergeant Francis Arthur Elliott, of the Somerset Light Infantry, was adjourned until August 28.
All three men were charged under Section 41 of the Army Act, which deals with alleged offences against civil law, but no indication has been given of the nature of charges.— Reuter.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 70, Issue 260, 21 August 1950, Page 3
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