ARRESTS IN DENMARK
BARRISTER AND DETECTIVE Received Jan. 6. 12.5 a.m. COPENHAGEN, Jan. 5. Ejler Pontopidan,. a barrister, has been arrested and accused with copying secret police documents for the Nazis. A detective has also been arrested and charged with abetting him. The arrests followed a case wherein Pontopidan defended a Danish Nazi leader, Clausen, who was fined £lO for falsely accusing the Minister of Justice of smuggling undesirable aliens into Denmark. Pontopidan, during the hearing, revealed details of police documents.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 4, 6 January 1939, Page 8
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81ARRESTS IN DENMARK Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 4, 6 January 1939, Page 8
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