Five young Christians who were charged with smashing windows in Jewish shops during the anti-Jewish excesses in Vilna last November, were to-day acquitted by the Vilna law court.
At the same time, two Jews, Israel Reichel and his son, Ephraim, who were accused of attacking Christians during the excesses were also acquitted.
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