CONVICTED OF SPYING.
GERMANS IN PANAMA ZONE.
Received January 15, 2.5 p.m. CRISTOBAL. Jan. 14. The Germans, Hans Schackow and Kuhrig, were to-day convicted of spying and were sentenced to two years’ imprisonment. A Federal Court jury on December 14 found Shackow, an employee of the Hapallo.vd Line, guilt of espionage. Sentence was deferred pending a motion for a retrial. Shackow is one of four Germans, including a woman, arrested on October 16 for photographing tlie Panama Canal defences.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LIX, Issue 45, 21 January 1939, Page 10
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79CONVICTED OF SPYING. Manawatu Standard, Volume LIX, Issue 45, 21 January 1939, Page 10
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