The Jewish Agency for Palestine announced today that last February it asked of High Commissioner Sir Arthur Grenfell Wauchope amnesty for seven Jews sentenced to prison terms totalling about 40 years during last year’s disorders.
The Government’s reply, just made public, said that in the interim two of the prisoners had been released on a judge’s recommendation, the sentence of another was commuted to one year, and in the cases of the rest Sir Arthur was not prepared to use the amnesty privilege.
Meanwhile, 18 Arabs were released from the Acre prison, where they had been serving terms in connection with the disorders, through an administrative order issued by District Commissioner Edward Keith-Reach.
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