The Palestine Court of Appeal has reduced the sentence of the inhabitants of the Tirch villages from five years imprisonment to three months, the latter term taking effect from the date of conviction. On the day of the riots, the inhabitants of the Tireh villages, who were armed, had marched on Haifa.
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