BANKNOTE FORGERIES.
GAOL FOR CONSPIRATORS. IORMF,R VERDICT REVERSED. t TIKI,'LEV July 0!. '' l,o T'i'-Ud of Prof. s;-.,r Karunidze Slid Six Cii ijn ,ny , j;, February 9on charge of ioigin;- Russian hauknotes was reversed today by iti e Appelate Coin !.. The .verdict at the trial in effect gave lr-gal i'UHtion to. the use of counterfeiting as a political vV.ipori. 1- rote.-.,0r Ka unidze was sentenced to mouths' :i>i;.i i-oruiicnt and Ids conto she.iter terms. They were also liurd.
Ihe forgeries i jfei red to in the cablegtai'i WGie; pei pet r;ited in the hope of iieating an economic crisis in Russia and •*o overpowering the Soviet, with perhaps the seeuiiig of control of the Georgian oil wells. The defence was that, ihe accused desired only to free Georgia. On Tebruaiy () t| )c Court acquitted three of tie defendants and ordered the proceed'"cs against the others to be stooped. It declared that they bail been actuated by nnsclfish political motives and were en•tied to the amnesty granted to political F'soners un the occasion of President ■flnidetiburg s COth birthday.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20623, 23 July 1930, Page 13
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177BANKNOTE FORGERIES. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20623, 23 July 1930, Page 13
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