CHARGE IN ENGLAND
JOURNALIST ARRESTED LETTERS INTERCEPTED (Reed. July 15. noon.) LONDON, July 14. Photostatic copies of scores of letters intercepted ‘by the Post Office were produced in the (Richmond Police Court when Donald Adams, aged 56, a racing journalist, was charged with recording information relating to His Majesty’s forces likely to be useful to an enemy. The prosecution stated that Adams represented the Dresden manufacturers, 'Fedor and Burgman, and received letters from a Hamburg exporter named Raedler, which were intercepted at the Post Office, ostensibly concerning racing and enclosing money purporting to be -placed on horses.
Adams, in reply, sent books and other information, including a copy of "Infantry Training,” which, though it could be purchased at • bookstalls, was useful to an- enemy. A photostatic copy of a code was also intercepted and produced in court. Adams pleaded not guilty and was remanded, bail being refused.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 19990, 15 July 1939, Page 5
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147CHARGE IN ENGLAND Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 19990, 15 July 1939, Page 5
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