COURT-MARTIAL IN MIDDLESEX.
ESPIONAGE
ACCUSED A GERMAN SUBJECT. LONDON, 30tb October.. ' A court-martial has opened at the Middlesex Guildhall to hear a charge I of espionage, the Court consisting of* Lord Cheylesmore and eight officers. The prisoner ia Carl Lody, alias Charles Inglis, of New' York, who was arrested at Killarney on a charge of attempting to convey military secrets to Germany. A similar trial is unknown in England in tho history of modern war. Guilt is punishable, with death. The- prisoner is guarded by soldiers with fixed bayonets. Mr. Bodkin, K.C. (Public Prosecutor), is prosecuting. The accused had travelled extensively in Great Britain under an American passport, claiming to be an American subject. After his arrest he admitted that he was a German subject. Lody sent several leports to Germany, giving much correct ' information, and also investigated the steps taken to guard public buildings. He mentioned that the Houses of Parliament and the Bank of England were guarded with wire-netting against Zeppelin attacks. At one stage the Court was cleared while the prisoner's messages were read out. '
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXVIII, Issue 107, 2 November 1914, Page 7
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178COURT-MARTIAL IN MIDDLESEX. ESPIONAGE Evening Post, Volume LXXXVIII, Issue 107, 2 November 1914, Page 7
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