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eee a i ee ARLE NS SA LT. rt Ny Pe aver ~~ s ‘ a a eo SECRET On September 9, 1969, an official of the Criminal Court of the City of New York, Part 2B, 100 Centre Street, New York, New York, advised an SA of the FBI that ABBOTT HOFFMAN appeared with his attorney, GERALD LEFCOURT, in Part 2B of the Criminal Court, Room 411, 100 Centre Street, New York, New York, on September 8, 1969, for trial in connection with his arrest at Columbia University, New York City, on April 30, 1968, by the NYCPD on charges of Criminal Trespassing and Resisting Arrest. Mi saget Vege ¥! 4e . eG ¢ y eS NY 100-161445 stg ttt: a 56. aa itres ces Based on a motion made by HOFFMAN's attorney for a delay, the case was continued by the court for December 8, 1969. b yE = 3. Arrests in Chicago, Illinois on June 27, 1969, Office of Clerk of the Court, First Municipal District, Bond Court, Branch Number 47, Chicago, Illinois, advised that his record reflected that on June 17, 1969, the subject was granted a new trial on charges of Possession of a Dangerous Weapon regarding his arrest on September 17, 1968, at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago, Illinois. The new date for the subject's trial was set as July 22, 1969, in the Mass Arrest Court of Judge KENNETH R. WENDT. amr 49¢ further advised that to the best of his knowledge the did not personally appear in court on June 17, 1969, but was represented by counsel. "The New York Times", a daily “ew York City newspaper, in its June 19, 1969 issue on page 31, carried an article datelined "Chicago, June 18" and entitled "Hoffman Wins New Trial”, which reported that the subject was granted a new trial on charges of Possessing a ; Dangerous Weapon in connection with his arrest on September 16, 1968, at O'Hare International Airport, Chicago. The article further reported that the defense argued that the weapon exhibited by the state was a broken pocket knife.