The police drive against spreading anti-Jewish vandalism brought its first convictions since the outbreak of the war Friday when two men were fined by a North London magistrate for painting anti-Semitic slogans on a house fence. Each was fined 40 shillings, plus 2 pounds, 7 shillings costs, with the alternative of a month’s imprisonment, and was given only one week to pay.
The anti-Semites had painted on the fence the slogan: “Stop, this is a Jewish war with Britain’s blood.” One of the defendants carried a number of anti-Jewish memoranda when apprehended. The magistrate said they both were sentenced on a minor charge but might have been charged with something more serious.
Meanwhile, during the night, plate glass windows of a number of shops on the Strand between Tivoli and Villiers Streets were broken and on some the word “Jew” was scratched.
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