Treaty Forger's Latest
From The Arthur Conan Doyle Encyclopedia
Treaty Forger's Latest is an article published in The Scotsman on 12 march 1929.
Article
(12 march 1929, p. 14)
PLAGIARISED A NOVEL.
Brussels, March 11. — Franck Heine, who had confessed to being the author of the alleged secret treaty, the publication of which in a Dutch paper made such a stir lately, has been found guilty by a Dutch Court of plagiarising a novel by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and ordered to pay damages amounting to 1000 francs (about £5.)
The judgment is given in the form that an Antwerp paper which published his copy is condemned jointly, so that in the event of one of the parties, not paying the damages the other can be upon to pay them. — Reuter.
