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.. . . . . . . . - i Also during the thlrd day of tlic trial, -4rictt sa:+ thn arrest of dsl'encc 1cwJex-s TLciw and Lefcourt and the Issuance or an ordcr th?t Ke:ineciy end Roberts be brou&tto Chicwo from D l l i f O t n i E , Blmk Pan- t h e r lcmler Bobby Seck vns 'sternly reprimanded frm the bench drtn Ire almcrmcccl in court thnt lf he verc denied the canstitutloasl richt of leea1 defense of hi5 choice, he c:uld ''onl.; see Judp IIoffbafi RS a blatant ncist". &ale h u tpsisted that the trial*& p s t p n c d until Such t * z RS west coast attorney Chmles R. C w , who often r ~ p r e s e n ~ s the Black Panthem, recuperatcs from a gall bledder oyra- tloa and is able t o represent him; but the Supreme Court, 8s w e l l 83 Judge l!olfhsn, hac denled contlnuaoce of the cnse because of Gerry's incepaclty. Over the weekend of the 2'tth-28t\i, a -up of lawyers frm throw$iout the count= @thered in Chicago t o protest. the arrest of thc four dnfmse lavycrs and on Monday, the B t h , fifty appeared at the courthouse to prcsent their protest. 1,Tt.er i n t h e day, after h03.dillC ?. p i ~ c s c3ntcrcnce, this group, wliase spokccmm is Victor R7bicot:itz of Kat York, Fresldcat of the Hntioae!, L9vqrrs. Guild, se- lcctcd n ccmlttec t o draw up lmpachuent chsrgcs wainst Judge Iioff- mm. I?.c group, vhlch wlll bc called "The Ad IIoc Comlttce of Lwyers t o Stop the Trial of the Conspiracy a", hopes t o attrnct a t host f k e hundred tittome); t o Chlcogo on 7 October to.protcst "the soli- tical-legal rcprcasion which i o occ&eq in thin trial". tn??%ouSl~, the Sin Frsncfsco Branch of the HLG WID dmmstrating, and dcnw~ing Jud~t Ikffkenfs inpeacbcnt, cnd -.~naunced that It is - spxoring n ~ . s s i v c dtmnstration at S m Frrtnclsco on 13 October t o protejt the trials ) (3imul- Within t h e cr)urtboust, on this fcurth day of tb trial, defense attcrney 1:unetler subclltted 8 motion i n the U. S. District Court that Judge ISoffhan should either declrve a mistrial or disqualify hinself .because of his treatmt of the defense huyera; and U. 3. Attortrcys clcimsd 'tlrrrt the dcfcndanto an3 their lawycrs were attenptiw t o trj the case in the newspapers rathcr than in tire courtroom. The mation for a mistrial, which was denied by Jud&e IIcfkr?n, w0.s reportedly b2oc?3 011 a neurpawr story that Judge Ifofftrrnn vhile in an clcrctor on his way t o the kourtrocnn after E noon bre.ak, said in thc prccexc of VnzliinKton €'o.it c o l d s t Elichola3 vou Ifofhm: to E t j f i m k i n Wcinglnos." (Lcomrd I. Wcingiks, a defence attorney nchedulcd to deliver an opening stntcmcnt in tile case t h a t afternocn). It vnc reported thnt yon ltoffmn was subpoemcd by the dcfcnsc but Writ Jm\Lgc nofhrvr bt&Cil hc did not wish t o hem him. T.k?nvhilc, .the .PAW removed contempt of court ctiar~e3 ngsinat the four defense lawycro nnd pemitted thcm to wlthdmw frca the c=e. "iim we are coiirg . C... t: * - . C . .-: . : . . ., . . I - -. . c . - h.. 0-. .- I . .. - .. .