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thys; 2 | TR ate OE PET Ss ery 5 lg JR = ee tr WFO 100-48384 bid advised that as of 11 p.m., October 3, 19 incarcerated in the District of Columbia ue ov A representative of the Capitol Hill police advised on October 4, 1968 at approximately noon that date, ABBOTT HOFFMAN was released from police custody to enable him to attend the afternoon hearings of the HCUA, HOFFMAN was in attendance at the hearing oy, the afternoon session but did not testify. The same source advised that HOFFMAN checked out of the Congressional Hotel, WDC, at approximately 4 p.m. on October 4, 1968. The files of the Office of the Clerk of Court, Criminal Division, District of Columbi Court of General Sessions, WDC, reviewed by Special —_ | on November 22, 1968, disclosed that ABBOTT HOFFMAN, under court docket number 364254, appeared in court on November 20, 1968 and withdrew his demand for a jury trial. HOFFMAN was tried before Judge A'DREY J. HOWARD, JF., in the Court of General Sessions. Judge HOWARD found HOFFMAN guilty of defiling the American flag by wearing a shirt resembling the flag and was sentenced to pay a fine of $100 or serve 30 days in jail. HOFFMAN, according to the records, moved that the case be appealed and has been allowed to remain free on personal bond pending the appeal. ~4-