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PALESTINE - BRITISH MANDATEBroadside Proclamation issued by Sir John Chancellor the British High Commissioner for Palestine, announcing that Courts of trials for "crimes of various descriptions... perpetrated by both Arabs and Jews" will be prosecuted by British Judges, 2 copies, English and Hebrew issues, each with Royal arms at head, slight old fold marks, a few light spots to that in Hebrew, folio (524 x 420mm.), Jerusalem, Greek Conv. Press for the Government of Palestine, 4 September 1929 (2)FootnotesRare proclamations, one printed in Hebrew the other in English, issued by the British Government in Palestine in response to the civil unrest amongst the local populations including attacks on Jews in Jerusalem and Hebron. In addition to confirming that all trials will be led by British Judges, the proclamation reconfirms the aims "laid down in the Balfour Declaration in 1917 and embodied in the Mandate, of establishing in Palestine a national home for the Jews".Saleroom noticesThis lot is exempt from VATAdditional informationAuction informationBuyers Premium and ChargesFor all Sales categories, buyer's premium excluding Cars, Motorbikes, Wine, Whisky and Coin & Medal sales, will be as follows:Buyer's Premium Rates
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