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Defence attorneys for six student civil rights demonstrators, including John W. Perdew '64, now being held in the Sumter County, Ga., jail, have taken the first legal steps in their attempt to secure a writ of habeas corpus from the Georgia Supreme Court...
...King, a lawyer from Albany, Ga., said yesterday that he has filed a "brief of evidence" with Judge T.O. Marshall of the Sumter County Superior Court. There is little doubt, King said, that Judge Marshall will approve the brief, which is merely a statement of the evidence presented at the original commitment hearing of the students...
Jack Chatfield, a former SNCC worker from Trinity College has mailed a great deal of information to newspapers in the East, and several papers, such as the New York post, have sent reporters to Americus, Ga., the seat of Sumter County...
...Kirkland House Committed voted unanimously last night to initiate a College-wide fund drive for John W. Perdew '64, who was arrested on Aug. 8 following a civil rights demonstration in Amerleus, Ga...
Dean Monro said yesterday that the College would not issue an official statement or take any other action in behalf of John W. Perdew '64, a vounteer civil rights worker facing trial in Americus, Ga., on a charge that could lead to his execution. He added, however, that he personally thought Perdew's situation was "terrible...