The activities of a gang waging a war of terrorism against Jews in the North Hackney section of London came up in London Court yesterday when one member of the gang, named John Hamilton, was arrested for attacking a Jew in the street.
The court fined Hamilton two pounds sterling and at the same time issued a warning to all gangs that if there were any more cases of this nature, the sentences in the future woud be prison or hard labor.
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