Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1910-12-23 | Page 7 | Harsh Sentence of German Court

HARSH SENTENCE i OF GERMAN COURT 1 Two British Naval Officers Are Given Four Years in Prison for Espionage Germany 1 lire pta Bernhard Trench of 01 the Brit BritIsh Ish Rt Royal Morin infantry and ad 11 iden Vivian II H Brandon or of the No Royal 1 nav were tod today guilty Ilia of eM 1 C on n I lb h Herman a fortifications at i and nel sentenced each ah tu to r f nr r i years nt In a fortress Th The ll Brit lah spies were If arrested a at I I on A ut 21 1 and 22 2 Brandon n nI I is a broth tu to I Willi William Null Hull Hullt M t I P Trench I II a grandson of Lard sad nd a of r A Ar 1 t i bishop Trent When hn arrested atred both hoth art ad bitted frankly they h had rots to c Cc many to 10 collect information which t tt II i Int Intended d t to pla puce at t Ih the disposal or of I ti II British government This Thill admission w was repeated et the t trial yesterday elrd Today s proceedings were not II and IId th they consisted chiefly of oe th the in of r expert I Th The representative tit the on 11 1 ft at Hamburg M to F E Oliver was among th these ex excluded laded When apprehended hf It h I Ip alleged 11 that a athe the m men n were taking flashlight pl pictures tl of th the at an nT i that they hy HI sine had tAk taken photographs I or of t the dere defenses In e worse of oe cosIn on the Island C of C in inthe th the North orth sea u under er tM the entrance t tJade Jade bA bAT bay bayThe T The spies mil made a H un 1 Impression sion h their cardd anal hit had been tn expected that in n the event o otheir or orth th their l rC conviction they would woul 1 e elight II light Eta t sentences n Lieutenant a army officer neer who was arrested with sketches or of tM the in n Portsmouth pleaded guilty on November tt 11 and Aad ws W placed under bonds bond or of ti 1250 not nol t to rr pest At the offense 0 On 3 the h supreme court In this city sentenced tom brothers brother nm named Ir to to two 10 years fr and six months penal lie servitude It tIle for q f On th the same m d day French Lux w was tit at ss a suspected l spy p