MILITARY PRISONERS.
SPANISH TRIAL BEGUN.
HEAVINESS OF INDICTMENT.
(Received March 15. 5.5 p.mi) MADRID, March 14
The trial by court-martial has been begun at Huesca of 77 military prisoners, including five officers concerned in the Republican rising at Jaca last year. The reading of the indictment which covers more than 2000 pages is expected to occupy three days. Death sentences arc to be demanded in the cases of five of the accused, and imprisonment for life in respect of 6b of them.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20823, 16 March 1931, Page 9
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82MILITARY PRISONERS. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20823, 16 March 1931, Page 9
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