Rabbi Sapir and the colonists Vinnitsky and Yemini, all of Petach Tikvah, have each been fined $25 and ordered to deposit $250 for one year as a guarantee of good behavior, because they led a crowd of one hundred members of the Shomrei Shabos (Sabbath Protectors) who used force to prevent automobiles from passing the Petach-Tikvah-Tel road to Petach Tikvah on Saturday.
By mistake they held up a car carrying British soldiers. The rabbi and the two colonists denied that they threw stones but the magistrate found proof of an illegal gathering and the infringement of individual liberty.
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