Zvi Safra, a 17-year old Jewish youth, was today sentenced to twelve lashes on the back for picketing a Jewish shop selling German goods.
In handing down the verdict, Magistrate Bodilly stated that he is imposing his sentence “because the defendant is aping those pressing the anti-Jewish boycott in Germany. He is thus harming the Jewish people by spoiling world sympathy for the sufferers in Germany.”
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