The Governor General of Belgium,
(Signed) BARON VON DER GOLTZ,
Field Marshal.
NOTICE POSTED AT BRUSSELS, NOV. 1, 1914.
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.