(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Landesgerichtsrat Gellin, a baptized Jew, was sentenced by the Breslau court to pay a fine of 5,000 Marks or imprisonment for eighty days for employing the term “Jew” as an insult.
Herr Gellin, in a dispute with Deputy Herrmann, a Christian, in a public place, hurled at him: “Swindling Jew.”
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