The Archive · 1938

MOSCOW TRIAL

The trial at Moscow is proceeding lon, lassie lines and precedents set in earlier cases are being closely followed. All the accused have pleaded their guilt of the crimes charged. against them. It is true that Krestinski at first denied his guilt, but, between the adjournment fon the first day and the reassembly of the court. fon the second, he experienced that change of! heart which was one of the noted features of the trial of the British engineers some years ago. In that case one of the defendants denied the admissions which he was alleged to have made during the preliminary investigation of the case. In the present trial Krestinskl did

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

Your account