FARCICAL TRIAL
FOUR CONVICTIONS
ROMAN CATHOLICS IN GERMANY
(Received April 29, 1.50 ■p.m.)
BERLIN, April" 28,
Four out of seven Roman Catholic* including two priests, who were charged with supporting plans for a united Communist-Catholic front, were convicted of treason. Father Rossaint, of Dusseldorf, was sentenced to. eleven years' imprisonment, and the others to shorter terms. The remaining: threa were acquitted. It was a farcical trial, with the decision a foregone conclusion, tha president being hostile throughout. In summing up the president said: "The welfare of the people is the supreme law. Anyone who dares to touch the outward form of t a community of German people is guilty of the worst crime."
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 100, 29 April 1937, Page 10
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113FARCICAL TRIAL Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 100, 29 April 1937, Page 10
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