FLOGGING SENTENCE REMITTED
PALESTINE COMMANDER’S DECISION (Rec. 7 p.m.) LONDON, Jan. 15. General Sir Evelyn Barker, the Commander-in-Chief in Palestine, has remitted the flogging sentence inflicted by a military court in Jerusalem on an Arab youth for possessing and discharging a gun, says the correspondent in Jerusalem of the British United Press. It is believed that no more floggings will be imposed in Palestine because of the strong repercussions from various political bodies.
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Press, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 25085, 17 January 1947, Page 7
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