An appeal to the Supreme Court for another trial was made by the defense counsel for Philip Halsmann, who was sentenced by the Innsbruck court to four years imprisonment on the charge of patricide. Despite the fact that public opinion and the press have been outspoken in criticism of the sentence, pointing to anti-Jewish prejudice as a factor in the sentence, doubts are felt as to whether a new trial, which would be the third, will be granted. The chaims for invalidating the Innsbruck jury’s verdict are said to be insufficient.
Jacob Wasserman, who addressed an open letter to President Meklas, asking justice in the Halsmann case, is writing a book on the case, it is said, similar to Emile Zola’s famous “J’accuse” on the Dreyfus affair.
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