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RACE, POLLUTION" CASE BRITISH SUBJECT'S TRIAL EFFECT OF GERMAN LAW (Received February 10, 5.5 p.m.) LONDON, Feb. 10 The Berlin correspondent of the Daily Telegraph says the important issue as to whether a British subject may be properly tried in Germany Tor "race pollution," which is unknown to the laws of other countries, is raised by the trial at Hamburg of Harry Herz, a German-born Jew, who was granted British nationality in 1907. He was sentenced to 25 months in gaol and fined £1650 for offences against the German currency regulations and for race pollution." It is not disclosed which portion of the sentence is attributable to the respective charges. A German girl, who shared Herz's apartment, was sentenced to four months' imprisonment and fined £B. Bank notes valued at £IOOO found in her hatbox, were confiscated.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 22960, 11 February 1938, Page 11
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139IMPORTANT ISSUE New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 22960, 11 February 1938, Page 11
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