The Archive · 1927

Communist Trial in Paris

Stiff Sentences on Reds for Espionage Paris, July 25.

Six communists charged with espionage have been sentenced to: imprisonment, the terms varying from five years to 16 months, and to pay fines amounting from' Fr 5,000 to Frs, 1,000. One was at quitted, municipal councillor named Cremet and his secretary, who evaded arrest, were sentenced in coutumnaciam to five years' solitary confinement, a fine of Frs, 100,000 and five years' deprivation of civil rights. Five others were also deprived of their civil rights for five

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