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Os Lei Me a ee NY 105-8999 B, Trial of NOI Members in New York, March, 1959 A trial was conducted in Queens County Court, New York City, during March, 1959. This trial graw out of an incident in May, 1958, at 2-46 99th Street, Queens, which is the residence, of, among others, JOHN#MOLLETTE, his wife, YVONNE, Mrs, MINNIE SIMMONS, Mrs. AUDREYYRICE and Mrs, BETTY LITTLE. Several New York City Pol¥ce officers with a Postal,Inspector attempted to serve a warrant on one MARGARE RSEY at that address, The result of this attempt was an altercation out of which the above five persons were charged with varying degrees of assault against the two New York City officers, RICE was later charged as a youthful offender, The trial of the other persons began March 2, 1959, and ended March 18, 1959, in an acquittal for LITTLE and SIMMONS and 4 mistrial for the MOLIETTEs. All of the above were publicly identified aa NOI members. The "Los Angeles Herald-Dispatch", a newspaper published weekly in Los Angeles, California, in ite March 26, 1959, issue, carried an article captioned "Muslims Charge ‘Kangaroo Court'in Long Island Trial," This article,which referred to the aboye described trial, atated*that MALCOLM X, leader of the New York Muslims, charged that Police entered his home with guns blazing and belching bullets ", . . that were not intended to kill criminals, thieves or bancitse , . . but to kill our innocent black women, children and babies.” The article continued to quote MALCOLM X as follows: "They then dragged the innocent individuals whose homes they had invaded into court, The police brought a parace of pro.essional liars to the ‘witness! stand in an effort to convict four decent, hard working, home owning, religious people." The article reflected that MALCOLM X charged _48 Cd =