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University of Iowa anti-war protests, 1970

1970-12-16 Daily Iowan Article: ""City Evidence Same For 212 Jailed May 8"" Page 1

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DI Dec. 16, 1970 "Jan. 4 Date Set for Consolidated Trial" 1 (of 2) City Evidence Same For 212 Jailed May 8 By DIANE ALLENSWORTH Daily Iowan Reporter A consolidated trial has been set for Jan. 4 for 212 persons who were arrested May 8 in connection with a University of Iowa demonstration protesting the U.S. invasion of Cambodia and the deaths of four students at Kent State Unviersity. The city of Iowa City is charging the 212 with disorderly conduct. The cases, under the jurisdiction of Police Court Judge Joseph Thornton, will be brought to trial at 9 a.m. Jan. 4 in the city council chambers, unless the trial is moved to larger quarters. The chamber seats 130. "The city evidence is the same for all these cases so it will only be put on the stand once," Thornton said. Witnesses for the city include university security officers, Iowa Highway Patrolmen and Iowa City police and city officials. Thornton said City Attorney Jay Honohan gave him a list of 13 people who were arrested during the May 8 demonstration but will not be tried with the large group. "Apparently the city attorney feels that the city evidence will differ in those 13 cases," Thornton explained. The names of the 13 will be released today. Most of the 212 were arrested in front of the Old Capitol Building after being told to leave because they were allegedly in violation of an injunction barring disruptive demonstrations. Others were arrested near the Civic Center or in the downtown area after the main arrest. A few were released on their own recognizance, while most posted $100 bail. "I don't want anyone to get the impression that because the prosecution is only presenting its evidence once that the verdicts will be the same," Thornton said. "I expect that after the prosecution presents its evidence, the procedure will be for defense lawyers and persons not represented by attorneys to cross examine and to present their own cases later," he explained. Earlier this week, one of the defense attorneys, James Hayes, had indicated that an attempt was being made to arrange conferences with persons who wanted to be tried in a large group. Defense lawyers and city officials had met with Thornton Nov. 18 to discuss trial procedures but at that time there seemed to be no urgency in setting the trial date, according to defense lawyer Newman Toomey. Hayes said students who want to be represented in a group will now have to call lawyers because of correspondence problems caused by the closeness of the university's Christmas vacation period. Thornton said that the defendants can still file for a separate trial but added that he didn't know whether they would get it. "I think that all they would have to do to get a separate trial is to apprise the city attorney that they were not involved at the Pentacrest arrest,' commented Hayes. University Pres. Willard Boyd ordered the May 8 arrests on misinformation that demonstrators were continuing to occupy the Old Capitol. When questioned Thursday by the Daily Iowan, Boyd said he did not know that the consolidated trial date had been set. A meeting is planned for those charged and interested persons at 7:30 tonight in the Union Main Lounge to discuss defense strategies for the trial. Those whose cses are included in the consolidated trial are: Hale Anderson, Catherine Avery, John Allison, Sandra Armstrong, Jeff Alzenberg, James Arthur, Mark Anderson, Carl Agee, Christine Brown, Stephen Brown, Michael Broell, Krista Bolt, William Bock, Kathy Bradley, Susan Bruot, Douglas Brown, Richard Borg, Daniel Bernstein, Robert Brown, Susan Berg, Martin Chapman, Bruce Clark, Donald Conroy, Rebecca Coven, Victoria Carnine, Steve Carl. Also Lawrence Copeland, Dennis Clark, Nancy Crocker, David Cumming, Sherry Dickmeyer, Donald Duggan, David Dolman, Robert Davisson, Patrick Dooley, George Duster, Peter Dreyfuss, Kathryn Detlie, Michael Dykstra, Arlys Dockendorff, Gary Dunne, Miachael Eilenfeldt, Bruce Ehrich, Henry Edsill, Harold Erickson, Loren Eades, Scott Earle, Norman Fischer. Richard Fisher, George Forell, Janis Fox, Patricia Fred, John Fulton, Thomas Gilloon, Leslie Gordon, Nancy Grach, Ray Gereau, Gary Grace, Howard Grubman, William Graff, Thomas Gibson, Vicki Grafentin, Edward George, Steven Henke, Donald Harmon, Norman Hunter, John Hildebrand, Rebecca Harvey, Robert Hoy, Carol Horvath, Jeffrey Huesinkveld, Joy Hruska, Anton Harik, Richard Huss, Stephen Hesselton, Michael Hubbard.
 
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