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Defense counsel Edward Barshak said last night that Judge Parker was concerned with setting the record straight concerning the police's conduct, and after a 40 minute meeting with the attorneys agreed to dismiss the case if such a statement were signed...
...Barshak said he felt the police had only committed one error in handling the demonstration, but one which was irrelevant to the case. When the number of demonstrators had swelled to 39 and had attracted a crowd of about 250 onlookers, Sgt. Norton spoke to the group over a loud speaker and told them to disperse. When the leader of the demonstrators asked Norton if they could continue picketing if they stopped making noise, Norton said no. Barshak asserted that the officer was in error, but said it was extraneous to the case since the charge of disturbing the peace...
...agreement had not been made with Judge Parker, would the demonstrators have been found guilty? "The Judge probably would have made a guilt finding against at least some of the defendants," Barshak guessed. He pointed out that there was a "gray area around what constituted protected free speech and what constituted disturbing the peace...
...Barshak further pointed out that the official complaint filed against the defendents stated that they had refused to leave after being told to by Leonard McGlaughlin, a Hayes Bickford executive present at the time. Belinski had testified that McGlaughlin told him to handle the situation, and had said nothing...
...convict me of robbing the bailiff, even if I have robbed the clerk," said Barshak, "would not be due proceed...