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COO018 e . . . . I .. .. 1 . . . : . Jerry Rubin. to Chicago during the Democratic Convention and violence eruptcd when police tried to clear them from Lincoln Park. Cross-examina- tion of Levy concentrated on his rucccssful staging of "Oh Calcutta, I' focusing on its celebrated nude scenes. This Festival atttacfcrl several thousand young pcople Thc week endcd as it b:gan - with shoutha. In a stranpc bit of courtroom drama, Judae Hoffman indicated hc didn't know what a "love in" was when Timothy Leary, IIhifi Driest of LSD. I' was .on the stand. When Attorney Kunsttet asked Leary to tell the court about one, the prosecution objected, and Hoffman upheld the ohjac- tion. Leary had told the court that Hoffman and Ruhin cxpresserl their f c a r s about police violence as e a r l y as January 1968 when they formed the Youth International P a r t y (Yippie). According to Lcrrry, thc defendants wanted to bring the "polities of love" to the comwn- tion as an altctnativc to the Democratic Patty's "politics of death. I' Lcary's nicntion of first meeting Rubin and Hoflman at a "love-in" prompted the Judge's qucetion. 0 Friday's afternoon scsaian was the moat trimolttions of thc It began as Kunstler askcd Chicago- Daily N.cws photogranher wcck. Paul Scqricira about incidents occurring in the early morning hours . nf 27 August 1968. witness could reply, arguing that thc incident was the snhicct nf R case already tried and decided in another Federal court (the Linstead C a s e , in which 8 Chicago w l i c c m c n w e r e indicted ctn chatpcs growing out of assatrlts on rlcmonstrators. bcen acquitted).). Schultz claimed it was imprnppr to r e - t r y that casc during the conspiracy trial, that it had no relation to charges against thc defendants. that the guilt of the policemen shoald be exposcd at this trial. claimcd the Government's case in the other casc was a "sham DrOS- ccntion tr, begin with. ' city of Chicaga. hc said. "Don't spcak for m a , I' Jridpr Hoffman inlcrruptcd, "I have convicted a mliccman. I' A t t o r m y Form said Mr. Kiinstlcr should h a w hanrllcd thc m a l t r r differrntly. "if .tic* was cvcii a tlcccnt man. t o tlic Icctarn, dcmanrlinp thr Ji~dgc admonish F o r m . t-f-ftist-cl, anrl'r,rrlr*rcri Marshals 10 .scat one tIic cnrrnsrls. Finally. IIoffinnn dismissccl tlic! jn-, tlicn ~ y l r l tlrc lawyers 11- woulrl rr.sea+clr tho Linstcad case over thc wcekcnd and dccidc whctlrcr the W i t h 3 8 would be permit'lcd to respond to defense questions. U. S. Attarnay Schtiltz abjcctcd haforc' thc . . All brit one of tffc rlt-fendants had Kunstlcr disputed this, saying i t was related and H e "You cannot convict a policcz officer in the At this, bnth rlvfpnsc cniinsc-la rrishcrl Ifoffninn . . . .. . . . . 5