RUSSIAN TRIAL
Prisoners Hear Sentence Calmly PROPERTY CONFISCATED (Received March 14, 1.30 a.m.) Moscow, March 13. The verdict in the Russian trial was delivered in a crowded court. The prisoners all looked pule and sleepy. They stood while Judge Ulrich read the sentences. They took the verdict calmly, except Rykoff, who had entered the court weeping and who continued to sob. Rakovsky and Bessonoff escaped death on the ground that they had not organised any terrorist acts and Pletnoff because the court found he acted under compulsion of Yagoda. Judge Ulrich declared all the property of accused confiscated to the State. The condemned men may within 72 hours appeal for clemency to the President of the Supreme Council. Then, within 24 hours of dismissal of the appeal, the sentences must be carried out. (Earlier message on Page 10.)
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Dominion, Volume 31, Issue 143, 14 March 1938, Page 5
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