A legally constituted court-martial has pronounced, the 28th of
October, 1914, the following condemnations:
"(1) Upon Policeman de Ryckere for attacking, in the exercise of his
legal functions, an agent vested with German authority, for willfully
inflicting bodily injury on two occasions in concert with other
persons, for facilitating the escape of a prisoner on one occasion,
and for attacking a German soldier--_Five years' imprisonment_.
"(2) Upon Policeman Seghers for attacking, in the exercise of his
legal functions, an agent vested with German authority, for willfully
inflicting bodily injury upon said German agent, and for facilitating
the escape of a prisoner (all these offenses constituting a single
act)--_Three years' imprisonment_."
These sentences have been confirmed by Gov. Gen. Baron von der Goltz
on Oct. 31, 1914.
The City of Brussels, excluding suburbs, has been punished for the
crime committed by its policeman de Ryckere against a German soldier
by an additional fine of 5,000,000 francs.
The Governor of Brussels,
(Signed) BARON VON LUETTWITZ,
General.
Brussels, Nov. 1, 1914.