Hugo Schallert was sentenced to eighteen months’ imprisonment for participating in the anti-Jewish excesses in Berlin on November 5th of last year.
A police offcer saw two men of Jewish appearance hustled off a car, beaten and robbed. He called several policemen. The accused and a few others were arrested.
A cigarette case found in Schallert’s possession was recognized by one of the victims as his property. The accused pleaded that he had not participated in the attack, but had bought the cigarette case from a man he had met in the street.
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