SENTENCE COMMUTED.
STICKLING ESCAPES DEATH. Received November 26, 1.10 p.m. MOSCOW. Nov. 25. The death sentence on Stickling for sabotage has been commuted to ten years’ imprisonment, but eight of the ten Russians who were charged with him have been executed. VARYING PENALTIES. Received November 26, 1.40 p.m. MOSCOW, Nov. 25. Eight (not ten) Russians were charged with sabotage, of whom Novkov, Shubin, Kurov, Liashenko, Andreiev, and Peshekhonov were sentenced to death, while the death sentences on Kovalenko and Leonenko were commuted to ten years’ imprisonment as an act of executive clemency
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVI, Issue 308, 27 November 1936, Page 2
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92SENTENCE COMMUTED. Manawatu Standard, Volume LVI, Issue 308, 27 November 1936, Page 2
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