CONDEMNED TO DEATH
RUSSIANS CHARGED WITH ESPIONAGE. TERRORIST ACTS ALSO ALLEGED 1 . * m.B PR aSS ASSOCIATION ■■ GORY RIGHT Received 10.40 a.in. to-day. LENINGRAD, Sept. 25. Four Russians accused of espionage an behalf of the British were sentenced to death, and a fifth was sentenced to 10 years’ imprisonment. The prosecuting counsel was wildly applauded when he declared that the prisoners, acting under instructions from Captain Ross, supplied most valuable information to the Polish and Finnish espionage departments, receiving in exchange bombs, visas, and money, with which they plotted' and participated in terrorist acts.—A.P.A. and “Sun.”
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 26 September 1927, Page 5
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