HIGH TREASON CHARGE
DEATH SEXTKXCE ox NAVAL lIAT3X(. London, D?c. 22. The formei- naval engiueroom !j at in;-', Walter Purdy, was to-day ! sentenced l-o death at the Old Hai ;ev | -or high treason. Ho was found j "uiilv el! the two following counts. i l i That he assist td the enemy in | breadcasting. i 2 i That he assisted the enemy in | preparing and editing leaflets to be j dropped oti Allied troops. ! jhe jury found Purdy not guilty ! on tt third' charge —that he betrayed tile secrets of f How prisoners. Mr Justice Oliver, summing up. Laid that # Purdy was entitled to at (initial if the jury accepted the I plea iliac his motive for broadcastI ing was an honest attempt to assist { the Allies and if they accepted his ! own statement that he prepared the j '(•■jfpts under threat ci death. When the jury returned th n verdict Purdy’s sister, Mrs Horton, colj lapsed and had to be carried from ' the Court.
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Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LXXIV, Issue 13945, 24 December 1945, Page 3
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