Sentence of Year’s Imprisonment on Vilna Non-jewish Rioter Reduced by Appeal Court to Three Months a

The Appeal Court in Vilna has upheld the sentence of one month’s imprisonment passed by the lower court on the brothers Netesz, the brothers Belevitch, the brothers Kastorowitch, and Madame Tichon, all non-Jews, who were arrested for smashing windows in Jewish shops during the November disturbances in Vilna. The Public Prosecutor had appealed against the sen9 sentences on the ground that they were inadequate.

Semashko, a non-Jewish shoemaker who was sentenced by the lower court to one year’s imprisonment (the case referred to in the memorandum of the Council for Jewish Minority Rights) for smashing windows in Jewish shops, also appeared before the appeal court, which decided to reduce his sentence to three months, and to defer its execution for three years.