The British Commission of Inquiry was chaired by Sir Walter Shaw , a distinguished jurist , and consisting of three members of the British parliament , Sir Henry Betterton ( Conservative ) , R. Hopkin Morris ( Liberal ) and Henry Snell ( Labour ) . The aim of the Commission was to look into the reasons for the violent rioting in Palestine in late August 1929 , which caused the deaths of 243 Jews and Arabs
violent rioting
1929 Palestine riots
Shaw Commission