Denial of a statement made in court by Sheik Taleb Markah, on trial for inciting the Arab massacre at Hebron, was contained in a letter written by Joseph Melamed, director of the Zionist school at Hebron, to the court trying the sheik.
Taleb had testified that the Jewish school was housed in his building and that the director had thanked him for his protection Mr. Melamed stated that he lived in Taleb’s house, but that the school was not housed there. There was no occasion for expressing gratitude to the sheik for alleged protection.
Anyone writing a letter to the court will be liable to arrest on charges of contempt, the judges warned at the opening of the court trying Sheik Taleb Markah this morning. The defense objected to the letter written by Mr. Melamed, which was published in the Hebrew paper, “Doar Ha’yom.”
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