Five more Jews will be put on trial on June 3rd. on charges of participation in the disturbances which took place in Vilna last November, the Vilna district court has decided.
One of the accused is a woman named Sarah Krisowska, the only woman who has so far been put on trial in connection with the November disturbances. She is accused of having together with several Jews armed with iron cudgels attacked Christians in the streets on the day of the disturbances.
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