SWISS ESPIONAGE
ACCOMPLICES GAOLED MADAME ROTA CASE (Reed. Nov. 4, 9 a.m.) GENEVA, Nov. 3. Terms of imprisonment have been pronounced in the cases against accomplices of Madame Virginia Rota, who, in this week's espionage trial, was accused of trying to cross the Swiss frontier with drawings of Swiss anti-aircraft guns and other secrets, and was sentenced to five years’ imprisonment and deprived of civil rights for 10 years. Joel was ■sentenced to gaol for three months, Rochat to 15 months, and Madame Rochat to six months, all being deprived of civil rights for varying terms
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20086, 4 November 1939, Page 5
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