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Abbie Hoffman — Part 29

130 pages · May 12, 2026 · Document date: Apr 13, 1970 · Broad topic: Civil Rights · Topic: Abbie Hoffman · 128 pages OCR'd
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— vf —s Uri pig. di ey hay 1 fh ABBOTT H. HOFFMAN *"go on @ vacation in the Caribbean Sea,' and the judge granted it. Just like that! But he wouldn't grant a six-week delay in our trial. And probably the whole history of the trial, the whole history of the American judicial system probably would be different if he had granted that delay. "Bobby Seale says, ‘I want to defend myself.' The first time any of us gpoke! Julius looked over like that--he had two sets of glasses, one for us and one for the rest of the room. He puts on his glasses. ‘What is that?' The lawyer says ‘Well, that was one of the defendants.’ ‘A what?’ ‘A defendant.' ‘Defendant! Never in my fifty years on the bench have I ever had a defendant speak out in my courtroom.' The defendant is a piece of shit: He didn't say that." (Laughter) "But that's his attitude on defendants like us. "Julius the multimillionaire. His wife sits on the board of Brunswick Corporation, which makes bowling balls and machine guns used in Vietnam. War stock! Millionaire made out of war stock. Lives in the Drake Tower Hotel, the gold coast (of) California in Chicago. He eats at the Standard Club, the most exclusive club (in) Chicago. Me and Jerry went over to eat there. That was a scene. You had a suit and tie bit, you know, so we had to send out and get a special tailor. We come in and old Julius sees us." (Here Hoffman makes a sighing and then snorting-type 22
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