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Despite the earlier acquittal of Leon J. Kamin '48, former instructor in Social Relations, on many of the same counts, the Government has apparently decided to prosecute Furry on charges arising out of his testimony before the McCarthy subcommittee last winter...
Furry's lawyer, Gerald A. Berlin, said last night that the defense will ask that the trial be held without a jury. "The Government must agree before the jury can be waived," Berlin added. This was the procedure in the Kamin case, when the trial came before Judge Bailey Aldrich '28, trying it without a jury...
...Kamin case, Senator Joseph R. McCarthy (R-Wis.) was a star witness for the prosecution. The Government has not revealed whether or not the Wisconsin lawmaker would be called to testify in the Furry trial...
McCarthy had attacked the Kamin verdict, calling Judge Aldrich's decision "ridiculous to the point of being ludicrous." Aldrich held that McCarthy's investigating subcommittee had exceeded the powers Congress gave to its parent group, the Government Operations Committee...
Recommending that the Justice Department appeal Aldrich's acquittal of Kamin on Jan. 5, McCarthy also suggested that the Senate Judiciary Committee investigate the case...