Public opinion in South Africa is greatly stirred over the verdict of a Jewish judge in the case of a farmer who flogged a native to death. Judge Saul Solomon sentenced the farmer, Jack Nafte, a Jew, to ten years imprisonment at hard labor and ten lashes.
Important political developments may be the result of the case. It is said to be the first case where a white man in South Africa received so stringent a sentence for the killing of a native. The nationalist press violently attacks Judge Solomon, accusing him of being a Negro-phile. A review of the case was ordered by the Minister of Justice because lashes were never before ordered for a white prisoner. At the order of General Hertzog, the lashing was postponed, pending the review.
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