BENCH AND BAR.
THE RUSSIAN VARIETY. I I UNTRAINED AND ILLITERATE. ! i i ~ j JUSTICE PLAYED WITH. I J (By Cable—Press Association.—Copyright.) i i"* a Ti-, t ! LONDON. March 3. I The R'pi correspondent or" the "Times" i states that th* , trial of Oβ judges and lawyers who were accused of bribery and corruption, resulted in 70 convict ions, j the sentences passed ranging from two jto ten years. The Court, in explaining that the ■ absence of death sentences was due to ' the offenders' proletarian origin, stated ■ that the trial "had disclosed the sorr> X t ' picture of the administration of justice ,by untrained judge-. i Many of the accused were almost illit ! crate. The most prominent figure was Demchenko (who was sentenced to ten years), long known as the "King of Liberators,'* because he was always able jto contrive the release of accused persons I who were able to pay his price.— : (•"Times.")
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Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 53, 4 March 1926, Page 7
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154BENCH AND BAR. Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 53, 4 March 1926, Page 7
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