BRITISH SOLDIER’S TRIAL
EVIDENCE OF HIS BROTHER. RELATIONS WITH GERMANS. By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright. London, March ’ 27. On the resumption of the court-mar-tial of Liehtenant N. Baillie-Stewart on the charges of betraying his country, Lieutenant Eric Wright, Baillie-Stewart’s brother, said: “I told him that he was a fool when he admitted receiving money from “Marie Louise.” He tried to justify himself, and quoted one of his commanding officers regarding marriage. I was disgusted and closed the matter. I tried to dissuade him from re-visiting “Marie Louise.” Mr. Norman Parkes, counsel for the defence, urged that it would be awful to convict an officer of the great regiment on charges based on remote suspicion and mere coincidence. Even if Obst and “Marie Louise” were secret service agents,- Baillie-Stewart would not necessarily know that. Major Shapcott, the prosecutor, recalled that the Versailles Treaty forbade Germany tanks; therefore that country would be anxious to secure the latest information. Obst and “Marie Louise,” if innocent, would attend the court-mar-tial. The hearing was adjourned,
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Taranaki Daily News, 29 March 1933, Page 9
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