Confessions of a Nazi Spy (1939)

Frederick Burton: U.S. District Court Judge

Quotes 

• U.S. District Court Judge : [after the trial, addressing the 4 spies who've been found guilty]  ... and that these defendants had been convicted of espionage against the military establishments of Germany, I believe their fate would be more fearful than that which here awaits them. These natives of a totalitarian state are to enjoy the mercies of a democracy. And they may deem themselves indeed fortunate, that a court of a government to which they were disloyal is fully prepared to stand between them and the full vengeance of the law. In this country we spread no sawdust upon the surface of our prison yards.