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10 Cops, 3 Others Convicted In Frankfurt Bribe TrialBy HOWARD KEXXKDT, Staff CorrespondentFRANKTURT, Msy 21 (SS) — Frankfurt’s police bribery trial came to a rilfinax today with aO 13 defendant being convicted in German criminal court and sentenced to jail terms ranging from -six; So 45 months, pSos 'fuses and tax' restitutions running into han-dreris of thousands of marks.. The defendants in the -seven* week trial ioclcded ID former Frankfurt police officers-Still to face trial are two former HICOG court attaches accused of helping obtain unauthorized releases of eigarets and other black-market goods held as evidence in the HICOG court and Frankfurt police evidence rooms- These two wflf go before HICOG district court here next month.Heaviest TernsToday’s heaviest jail sentences were meted out to Frankfurt lawyer WOII La Fontaine, who frequently practiced in HICOG court; Kari Henkell, former police liaison man to the HICOG court; Adam Grab, formerly in charge of the Frankfcrt police evidence zoom; Ferdinand Schmidt* former assistant to Groh; and former Detective Karl Rp^rtr Fuchs.They were convicted of operaltog a racket to bribe police officer* and others to obtain the illegal release of 5.M cartons of cigaurets and other goods seized from smugglers and black-marketers, and to quash the trials of blaek-mar* keiers.La Fontaine got three years in jail; was fined 5,099 marks for theft* tax offenses and concealment of stoles goods, and was ordered to pay 6k*00t masks for unpaid customs taxes. *HenkeQ got 45 months; was fined Utl marks for bribery* zmsap-pnpiatioa, embezzlement, rescovd of documents* tax offenses, and theft; was ordered- to yield 4*939 marks received In tribes; gnd to pay 91*910 marks for taxes.Grub got 30 months; was fined L998 marks for bribery; ordered to yield 2*510 marks in bribe money and to pay *8,009 marks in taxes.Schmidt and Fuchs each got 2* months, fines of 1*389 marks for bribery; confiscation of 1500 marks in bribes, and 91.899 marks in tax restitution.The former HICOG court attaches new facing trial next month include Hendrik De Kloe, formerly in charge of the HICOG court evidence room; and Walter F. Brans, German former prosecutor.Italian F or eign Chief • Bids West DeclarePeace Pact ‘Extinct*GENOA, May 31 (UP)—Italy e^lwilay called uptn. She U-S. Britain, and France for a tripartite declaration affirming that “the Italian peace treaty ... is extinct.’ Italian Foreign Minister Count Carlo Sfona, seaking at a Bepub-lican Party meeting here, said Italy considered 8 a matter a* urgency to settle dfee treaty question nto and made 8 plain Italy wanted Ok full abrogation oi the treaty rather than mere revision of the military classes.Use Italian goraanent holds thedev, top-level sources in Rome havesaid, feat the peace treaty asa whole served its purpose because B*Iy »« met all obligations for reparations, {rentier danges surrender of her colonies and delivery at analvessels to Soviet fiasshand «er
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