GUILTY OF BRIBERY
BRITISH OFFICERS IN ITALY Rec. 10 p.m. TRIESTE. Aug. 18. Two British officers, Captain J. R. Squire, late deputy-chief of staff of the Public Works Division of the Military Government, and another public works officer, Lieutenant D. A. Wilde, pleaded guilty to bribery charges involving 13.000,000 lire (about £14,000) before a court-martial. Squire pleaded guilty to 10 charges of corruption. He is alleged to have admitted receiving about £6500. Wilde pleaded guilty to four charges of. corruption alleged to involve about £7500.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 26544, 20 August 1947, Page 5
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