THE SPY.
WHAT OTHER NATION WOULD ALLOW AN APPEAL ? London, December 18. The Appeal Court has quashed the conviction of Aiders (late German Consul at Sunderland), who was sentenced to death for high treason. The Lord Chief Justice, in delivering judgment in the appeal, said accused's counsel had cited the Order-in-Councii to show the reasonableness of_Ahlers' view that a margin of time should be permitted to enable Germans to depart. The Order-in-Coun-cil lent gome colour of reasonableness to his belief. Moreover, one material point, namely, the alternative issue as to whether Aiders was actuated by purpose or intention to aid the King's enemies, was not put before the jury in the way if ought to have been. It in no wise followed from the evidence that Alders' action were hostile to Britain, and certainly thoy ■rtere not necessarily hostile.
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Feilding Star, Volume XI, Issue 2524, 21 December 1914, Page 2
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