15 YEARS' GAOL
U.S. OFFICER SENTENCED
(Received November 26, 8 a.m.)
MANILA, November 25. Captain Rufo Romera was sentenced to 15 years' imprisonment for photographing defence documents, presumably for a foreign Power.
A message from Manila published on October 18 stated: —A United States army captain who graduated from West Point is being held incommunicado on a charge of selling military information. After he had been under surveillance for a long time it was disclosed that he. was having heavy gambling losses. It is understood that two accomplices are also being held.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXX, Issue 128, 26 November 1940, Page 6
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9215 YEARS' GAOL Evening Post, Volume CXXX, Issue 128, 26 November 1940, Page 6
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