Ilse Stiassny, 18-year-old Jewish student, was today fined $80 by a magistrate’s court here for kicking a policeman during last weekend’s clash between Mosleyites and anti-fascists. In explaining her action, Miss Stiassny declared: “I was in a fury to see the English law protecting people who killed my parents and ruined my life.”
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