NAVAL SECRETS SOLD
French Officer Sentenced To Death
(Independent Cable Service.)
PARIS, January 11.-
Marc Aubert, aged 26, a sub-lieuten-ant in the cruiser Vauquelin, was sentenced to death by a court-martial at Toulon today for betraying naval secrets to a foreign Power. Marie Jeanne Morel, aged 27, who was accused of complicity, was sentenced to three years’ imprisonment. A sum of £lOO which she and Aubert allegedly received from Germany was confiscated.
It was stated that Aubert sold plans for the mobilization of the Mediterranean Fleet during the September crisis for £4BO.
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Dominion, Volume 32, Issue 93, 13 January 1939, Page 9
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