The case in which Miss Weinstock, alias Schwarts, is charged with being in possession of false papers, was again before th French Mixed Court on Wednesday morning, the defendant at the pre vious hearing having been released on bail.
The defendant was unable to produce the French papers which enabled her to obtain 8 French passport at the beginning of the war, the document in question be ing 'a certificate of registration the French Consulate-General Moscow for a certain Emm Schwartz, born in Lyons in 18%, When first interrogated she sid she did not remember wher the paper was. Subsequently abe bad said she had lost it, and, o Wednesday morning, averred tht she had destroyed it. The fendant also asserted that she could not read or write any langu age, but admitted knowing how to speak French, Russian, Germs, Italian and English.
The contradictions in the a" swers of the accused appeared suspicious to the Court and as it was known that the defendant was in posscasion of the Moscow re gistration certificate, while in Singapore, she was remanded custody for further inquiry.
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