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Connecticut Hebrew Record
Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut
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The special military court's proceedings sentencing Vladimir Jabotinsky to 15 years and 19 other Jews to 3 years for defending the Jewish community during the April 1920 Jerusalem riots have been quashed by the chief military commander in Egypt, as per a recent Jerusalem dispatch. Jabotinsky, founder of the Jewish legion and Zionist leader, was later pardoned after global protests.
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London (Jewish Telegraphic Agency)—The proceedings of the special military court which sentenced Vladimir Jabotinsky to fifteen years' hard labor and nineteen other Jews to three years for defending the Jewish community in the Jerusalem riots during April 1920 have been completely quashed by the chief military commander in Egypt, according to a dispatch from Jerusalem received here recently.
Jabotinsky is the founder of the Jewish legion, which served with the British forces, and is a leading character in the present Zionist movement. The severity of his sentence caused consternation among Jews in all parts of the world and as a result of their protests it was remitted to one year's imprisonment. Later he and his companions were pardoned by a special amnesty decree.
In making known the reversion of these sentences, the chief commander stated that the only thing Jabotinsky was guilty of was being unlawfully in possession of a revolver.
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Jerusalem
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Recently
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proceedings completely quashed; jabotinsky guilty only of unlawful possession of a revolver; prior sentences reduced from 15 years hard labor to 1 year imprisonment, then pardoned by amnesty decree.
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Special military court sentenced Vladimir Jabotinsky to fifteen years' hard labor and nineteen other Jews to three years for defending the Jewish community in the Jerusalem riots during April 1920. Sentences caused global Jewish protests, leading to reduction and eventual pardon. Chief military commander in Egypt quashed the proceedings entirely, stating Jabotinsky's only guilt was possessing a revolver.