The "New Communist Party," an organization whose purpose is alleged to be to overthrow the State, was seriously crippled to-day when. eighteen of ite founders were Jsentensed to various terms of imprisonment. Six others were found not guilty and were acquitted. Among them was a schoolboy who had acted ju the humble capacity of a courier.
The trial was held in the Berlin People's Court, which imposed sentences ranging from 15 to 38 month? imprismment. The accused were alleged to have been in contact with Leon Trotsky, the exiled
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