The Law Senate has acquitted Ladislaus Levakovich, an antisemitic writer, on a charge brought against him by the Public Prosecutor, M. Szadezky, of inciting to enmity between religious communities. The charge was brought on the basis of an article which he published in a monthly, demanding the revocation of the Jewish emancipation law in Hungary, and the extension of the numerus clausus against Jews in all spheres of life.
The Jews are to blame for all the economic difficulties of the country, he wrote, because they dominate all economic life and all learning, holding in their hands 60% of the entire capital of Hungary.
The President of the Senate, M. Toeroek, in handing down the decision of the court to acquit the accused, said that although the article was violently anti-Jewish, it was written objectively and must be considered a scientific contribution to the subject.
The State Attorney, M. Szadezky, has lodged an appeal against the decision of the Court.
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