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JN 44-1 MOTIONS FILED BEFORE UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE HAROLD J. COX The following motions were filed by attorneys for the Defendants in the murder of the three civil rights workers, SCHWERNER , CHANEY and GOODMAN, before United States District Judge HAROLD J. COX, at Jackson, Mississippi: l. Moticn to dismiss for lack of jurisdiction, as indictment does not allege a crime cognizable by the Laws of the United States. Motion for additional time in which to prepare motions. Motions for severance, .Motion to suppress search warrants. Motion for jury trial. Motion to dismiss because evidence and informa- tion is not supported by facts and was obtained unlawfully, since Defendants were taken to Meridian Auxiliary Naval Station, held incommini- cado without right to counsel, intensely interrogated, subjected to being exhibited as common criminals before newspaper reporters, hundreds of cameramen, etc., who exhibited them in a prejudicial manner to the public to the extent they have been publicly tried and convicted by newspaper and television media to the extent that their right to a fair and impartial trial has been abrogated without their consent. Motion to dismiss on basis that the attorneys other than the regular United States Attorney and his Assistants were permit ted to go before the Federal - Grand Jury which returned indictments, that indict- ments were obtained by undue force and payment of money by Agents and Officers of the Federal Govern- ment, and if it had not been for evidence so _ 42 CRD TE