UNLUCKY JUDGES
ARRESTS BY SOVIET SOME DEALT OUT LENGTHY SENTENCES FORGOT MOSCOW'S ORDERS OTHERS WERE BRIBED FOR LENIENCY (U.P.A by Elee. TeL Copyright) (Received Oct. 30, 7.30 p.m.) LONDON, Oct, 30. The Times Riga correspondent states that the Soviet ordered the arrest and trial of eight judges in the Urals for an offence unique in Russian annals. The judges, regardless whether the accused were guilty or innocent, allegedly lengthily sentenced engineers and specialists, thereby ignoring the Government's directions.
Apparently the judges were unable to keep pace with the zigzag policy of justice, and applied their earlier instructions, instead of altering the indictments to permit milder sentences as required by Moscow. Many improper sentences have now been quashed. Thirty judges and court officials at. Minsk are undergoing trial for passing overmild sentences in consideration of bribes, for whieh the penalty is death.
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXXIII, Issue 12089, 31 October 1933, Page 5
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