sky, 28-year-old defendant, who is making a determined effort to free himself from the murder charge.
A number of witnesses testified today that they had seen Aba Achimeir, second of the defendants, in Jerusalem, between 6:15 and 8:30 P. M. on the Friday evening (June 16) of the murder.
Mrs. Yaneili, called as defense witness, testified that Stavsky came to her home in Jerusalem on June 16 at five P. M. and asked for her husband.
Other witnesses confirmed Achimeir’s claim that he had been in Jerusalem on the fatal evening as late as 7:15 P. M.
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