The fight which Abraham Stavsky is making for his life in defense of charges that he is one of the murderers of Dr. Chaim Arlosoroff, assassinated Zionist labor leader, made considerable headway at today’s hearing.
Two children testified they had seen the 28-year-old Revisionist in a Jerusalem restaurant on the night of June 16. Rosa Bochorov, twelve years old, said she had seen Stavsky on that evening and had later identified him without having been shown photographs of the defendant.
Chaim Bochorov, sixteen years old, born in London and for the last nine-and-a-half years a resident of Palestine, testified that on the evening of June 16, he had noticed a stranger among the group of persons with whom he was familiar in the Jerusalem restaurant. Later he identified Stavsky as the stranger.
In company with his mother and sister, Chaim had brought this evidence to police some time ago, he declared. The police refused to consider the evidence, the court was informed.
Aba Achemeir, extreme Revisionist, also one of the defendants, reserved defense. He denied complicity in the murder. He insisted that the political party of which he is a member, is in no way implicated. The hearing will be resumed tomorrow.
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