London, Mar. 15.
Pleading "guilty" at the Old Bally to obtaining annam t, plans for purposes prejudicial to she safety of the State, Percy E. Glading, former Woolwich Arsenal employee, was sentenced io six veras' penal servitude. Albert Williams and George Whomack, both of whom were iso Arsenal workers, were sentencec to four and three years respectively No evidence was tendered against the fourth defendant, Charles Walter Munday, who was formally discharged.
The police stated that Glading had been an agent of the Communist International in India.
He was mentioned as an associate in the Meerut conspire and dismissed from the Woolwich Arsenal in 1929. Later, he was said to have attended the Lenin Communist school in Moscow Mr. Justice Hawkins, referring to "Miss X," the War Office Xntel gence agent who was the principal witness in the case, said he thought that the young woman must be possessed of extraordinary courage. She had rendered a great service to her country, he added.
Addressing Glading, the Judge said he was convinced that he had been engaged in work to injure his country forthe "sole and vulgar motive of obtaining money."
According to the Prosecution, Glading was a traitor to his country.
He is alleged to have succeeded in persuading the other defendants to break their duty and allegiance to the Crown.
Glading, the Prosecution said, had induced them to bring from Wool wich Arsenal documents of a confidential and secret nature for copying by an elaborate apparatus which Glading had prepared It was stated that Glading was foiled by "Miss X." who was employed by the Intelligence Department of the War Office to keep certain persons under observation Reuter
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