MORAVIAN BARON SENTENCED
Allegedly Spied For Both Britain And Germany
(Received January 3, 9 p.m.)
ZURICH, January 3.
A Moravian baron was sentenced to 18 months’ imprisonment for allegedly being employed by both the British.and German intelligence services. Police said anonymous money orders arrived for the baron from both Berlin and London.
A horse-dealer was sentenced to seven months’ jail. According to evidence he worked for the French Secret Service in co-operation with the baron, but had no knowledge of the baron’s other connexions.
The police did not disclose the names of the prisoners.
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Dominion, Volume 33, Issue 85, 4 January 1940, Page 7
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