Show FRENCH COURTS UPHOLD SENTENCE COURT CONFIRMS TERMS IM POSED ON industrial LEAD ER AND DIRECTORS fifteen years in jail and fine of marks Is punishment meted out to german dusseldorf Dues eldorf tie the sentence imposed by the recent court martial upon dr krupp yon von bohlen and the other oilier krupp directors tried fur for instigating opposition to the french at the krupp plant at the time of the shooting or on march 31 were confirmed friday by the court ot of rex revision islon the convicted men will be transferred to prisons in france while hile their counsel appeals to the court ot of cassation the demand for the retrial of 0 dr krupp von bohlen ISo lilen and the other krupp directors was ivas based on eleven counts the principal ono one being the argument that the court at werden which tried them was on competent as the occupation of 0 the ruhr kulir was illegal under the treaty at versailles the death sentence upon albert the former prussian officer convicted of 0 espionage and sabotage and accused ot of being a chief of what the french call the murder gang was confirmed by the revision court this was the first death sentence pronounced since the occupation of the ruhr Schlag eters counsel will try to bring his case before the court of cassation the sentence passed upon dr krupp von bohlen head of the krupp works confirmed by the revision court Is fifteen years in jail and a tine fine ot of marks directors lIar twig and Ce sterlen received identical sentient sen sentences and director bruhn was sentenced to ten years imprisonment and marks fine superintendent gross ot of the apprentice department of 0 the krupp works was given a 10 year term the trouble tit at the krupp plant on march 31 which led to the shooting by french resulted in the death ot of fourteen workers the directors will be transferred to france |