Word: hohenstein
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Dates: during 1973-1973
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...those convicted, Henry Hohenstein, vice president of a successful real estate investment business, had driven an hour and a half from Redondo Beach merely to observe the protest for an anti-IRS book he was working on. Appalled by the conspiracy charges, he said he had never laid eyes on Heck before the day of the demonstration. After the verdict, he reports, contributions began coming in from all over the country for his defense. Said one sympathetic Texas woman (who sent $5): "Good luck. I've dealt with those bastards before but I always lose...
...growing more vocal, its strength is hard to gauge, in part because IRS, which is in the best position to know, prefers not to discuss it. One of the informal movement's contentions is clear enough, however: seizure without a court order violates due process of law. Hohenstein, who styles himself a fiscal conservative and strong civil libertarian, claims to be acting in the tradition of Thoreau and Paine. Says Heck, a conservative Republican who voted for Wallace last year: "Our founding fathers didn't throw out George III to have the IRS do worse...
Obviously aware of the emotional flames that would be fanned by stiff sentences, Judge Leland Nielsen last week announced, "I am not going to make martyrs out of them by sending them to jail." He reversed Hohenstein's conviction and ordered a new trial for him. Nielsen gave the others suspended sentences and probation for six to 36 months, plus fines ranging from $50 to $1,000. Meanwhile, Heck has sold his San Diego office to repay IRS and has reopened in nearby El Cajon...