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Austrian Court Sentences Four Persons to Jail Terms for Smuggling Arms to Arabs

May 23, 1949
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A civil court here sentenced two Austrian engineers end two Hungarian displaced persona to prison terms ranging from 15 months to three years. All four were found guilty of charge of attempting to smuggle rifles to the Arabs during the Palestine fighting last year. The Austrians are Emil Steiner and walter Manske, who received two and three-year prison sentences, respectively. The Hungarians were sentenced to 15 and 24-month Jail terms, respectively.

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