Word: hosken
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...John M. Hosken '73, a member of Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), is scheduled to stand trial this morning in Suffolk Superior Court on charges of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, assault and battery on a police officer, and two counts of malicious destruction of property...
...state has accused Hosken of attacking two police officers and destroying a policeman's watch and pair of pants during a welfare demonstration in downtown Boston last May 7. The demonstration had been organized by the Progressive Labor Party (PL) to protest cutbacks in the Massachusetts Medicaid program...
...Hosken, who will defend himself, said last night that he would request a delay in the trial. "I've got plenty of witnesses, but many of them just can't make it tomorrow," he said. "Furthermore, I need more time to build political support for the trial...
...Hosken also said that he would file a motion to have a joint defense with the seven other protesters--including Dorgan--who are scheduled to go to court in March. "The state deliberately separated me from the other defendants to weaken my position, and I'm not going to let them get away with it," Hosken said...
Harrison separated his case from the trial of the other eight defendants, including two Harvard students. Carroll S. Dorgan '71 and John M. Hosken '73, because of the more serious charges brought against him. The others were accused only of assault...