PENAL SERVITUDE
ARMY OFFICER CASE
WAR OFFICE STATEMENT
(From "The Post's" Representative.) LONDON, April IS. The following statement has been issued, by the War .Office;— "At the General Court-niarilial held at the Duke of York's Headquarters, Chelsea, on March 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 27, and 28, 1933, for the trial of Lieutenant Norman Baillie-Stewart, the Scaforth Highlanders (on probation Koyal Army Service Corps), the Court found the accused not guilty of the 3rd, sth, and 10th (alternative) charges, but guilty on the Ist, 2nd, 4th, 6th, 7th, Bth, <nnd 9th charges. The Court sentenced the accused to be cashiered and to suffer penal servitude, for the term of live years. "His Majesty the King, on the advice of the Secretary of State for War, has confirmed the findings of the Court on the second, fourth, and ninth charges laid under section 41 of the Army Act of obtaining, collecting, and communicating information which might be useful to an enemy for a purpose prejudicial to the interests of the State, contrary to the provisions of the Official Secrets Acts, 1011 and 1020. "Confirmation has been -withheld by his Majesty from the findings of the Court on the first, sixth, seventh, and eighth charges, which only relate to subsidiary incidents of the same transactions as form the subject, of the second, fourth, and ninth charges. "His'Majosty has confirmed the sentence of the Court, and has directed that it be carried into effect." When informed of his sentence on Thursday, Lieutenant N. Baillie-Rtew-art maintained the calm ho showed throughout his trial. Later in the day, in civilian clothes, and escorted by two officers, also in mufti, he was driven in a car, the destination, it. was understood, being Wormwood Scrub?. In due course an announcement, will be made stating that the King has no further use for the services of Lieutenant N. Baillie-Stewart.
About 70,000 tons of British steel rail? will be used in relaying 396 miles of the London-Midland-Scottish, track this year.
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Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 142, 19 June 1933, Page 3
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331PENAL SERVITUDE Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 142, 19 June 1933, Page 3
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