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BRIBERY SENTENCES.
British Shipbuilding Fraud.
LONDON, July 25.-At Leeds the
5-day trial of 2 of Newcastle's ief
maer Lord Mayors and an Admlrali?
omcial who were accused of con
spiracy. and bribery was concluded
yesterday.
One ex-Lord Mayor--Sir Arthur
Munro Sutherland-was found not
guilty on- all charges and was dis
charged. The second -ex-Lord Mayor
-Alderman Robert Stanley Dalg
liesh (71) and the Admiralty fmcial
--Charles James Butt (55)-were
both found guilty on all charges.
Dalgliesh was sentenced to im
prisonment for 15 months and fined
£500 on each of .5 counts of cor
ruptly giving bribes. He also was
ordered to pay £1,500 towards the
cost of the prosecution.
Butt was sentenced to 3 years
penal servitude for accepting bribes
and also to 18 months concurrentl
on other counts.
Dalgliesh, managing director ol
the Blyth Dry Docks and Shipbuld
ing Company, and Sir Arthur
Sutherland, a director of the same
company, were charged with con
spiracy with Charles Wintergill,
formerly manager of the company,
to induce the Admiralty to accept
a tender by fraudulent representa
tion, also with corruptly giving Butt
£155 as an inducement to favour
their company. Butt also was
charged under the Official Secrets
Act with communicating to Winters
gill information concerning the
prices tendered to the Admiralty for
the construction of minesweepers.
The charges were based on informa
tion given by Winteragill, who is
serving a sentence of 5 years' penal
servitude for conspiracy, receiving
bribes and stealing.
Butt was alleged to have re
vealed to Winteragill that the ten
der of the company for 2 mine
sweepers was £11.000 lower per ves
sel than the next lowest tender, after
which the company Informed the Ad
miralty that it had miscalculated
and amended the tender from
£61,250 to £67,250 for each of the
2 vessels. The Admiralty accepted
the explanation and also the
amended tender.
Mr Justice Tucker in sentencing
Dalgliesh said that but for his asee
and ill-health the punishment would
have been more severe. He told
Butt that he had grievously be
trayed His Matesty's service.
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