FRANC FORGERS
AN AMNESTY ASKED. HUGE PETITION PRESENTED. (Pies* Association—By Telegraph—Copyrights BUDAPEST, January 12. A petition containing 300,000 signatures has been presented to Admiral Horthy, asking for an amnesty for the franc forgers.—Sydney Sun Cable. On May 26 last sentences of four years’ penal servitude were passed on the exChief of Police, Dr Nadossy, and Prince Windischgraetz, and two years on_ Geroe, adviser to the Cartographical Institute in connection with the forged franc note affair. Two other members of the Cartographical Institute and Prince Windischgraetz’s secretary, Baba, and the other accused received sentences ranging from 18 months to one month’s imprisonment. Baross, director of the savings bank, and Szoertoye, vice-director of the National Union, were acquitted. Appeals were lodged by the prosecution for more severe sentences and by the defendants for mitigation.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 19997, 14 January 1927, Page 9
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132FRANC FORGERS Otago Daily Times, Issue 19997, 14 January 1927, Page 9
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