London, Mar. 0 Dr, Herman Gorts, the "German novelist charged with having obtained 8 plan of the Royal Air Force station at" Manston "calculated to. be useful {fo an enemy and conspiring "with Marianne 'Emig. a) German gi to commit offences against the Oficiat Secrets Act underwent it cress examination at the Old Bailey to-dri by Mr. J. D. Cassels, Os' who eonducltng the prosecution lashed when the Court adjourned roscexaminaton was st un.
Gortz deplored that his detatiea sketch of the Manston aerodrome was for use in connection with a novel which "aviation largely" entered. He id not take the sketch when Ne visited Germany and, immediately bez Tore his arres, ko had. destroyed skeleton of his novel.
Accused was closely questioned concerning visits he had "paid. Several aerodromed. as recorded. in fis diary.
'There was a dramatic moment when hho declined to say what German Ale Force colonel it was whom he' had visited on a trip to Berlin His re-Tusal_ was based on the ground thet this might lend. him and ihe. colonel Ju serious trouble. with the German authorities. Nevertheless, he asserted that: the. colonel. was: not an' intel ligence er a secret service man, Gorlz also declined to describe another unnamed friend whom he mei Berlin, te said, Accused admitted receiving from Germany £102—a sun far in excess of the permissible amount.
The case is expected to Anid> Into on Monday Reuter.
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