Magistrate Isaac Siegel in Yorkville Court today sentenced Thomas Dixon, alias “Chief New Moon,” to a $50 fine, with the alternative of 20 days in jail, on a disorderly conduct charge arising from an anti-Semitic speech at a street corner meeting on July 18. He was given until tomorrow to pay the fine.
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