WAR CRIMINALS
THE LEIPZIG FARCE.
INDIGNATION IN FRANCE.
Press Association —By Telegraph—Copyright. LEIPZIG, July 7.
Maior Crusius has been convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to 29 months’ imprisonment and deprived of his right to wear his uniform.
Lieutenant-General Stengel was acquitted. A sensation was caused in French circles. A high judicial authority who attended the trial described the sentence as scandalous. Crusins had been proved to have personally murdered wounded prisoners.—A. and N.Z. Cable.
[Lieutenant-general Stengel was charged with issuing an order to slaughter wounded and unwounded prisoners. Major Crusius was charged with shooting prisoners.]
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 18293, 9 July 1921, Page 9
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