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An assault and battery charge against Russell B. Roberts '64 was continued until next Tuesday in the Third District Court of Eastern Middlesex County yesterday morning. Roberts' attorney, Ronald S. Steelman of Cambridge, requested the continuance to prepare his defense.
The 20-year-old junior could face a prison term of up to two and a half years if he is convicted of the felony. Conviction would also mean that Roberts, who expects to practice law in his home city of San Antonio, Tex., would be denied admission to the...
Roberts has denied that he over touched the arresting officer, who booked him Sunday morning after Roberts protested the manner in which another undergraduate was arrested for drunkenness. Hendrik Hertzberg '65 and Michael Silves '65, witnesses to both arrests, have corroborated Roberts' denial to the CRIMSON.
Both Hertzberg and Silves stated to the CRIMSON that the manner in which Roberts protested the other student's arrest was "respectful and restrained."
Witnesses Michael L. Silves '65 and Hendrik Hertzberg '65 last night corroborated Roberts' claim that both he and the student arrested for drunkenness were "manhandled" by the arresting officer. Silves also told the CRIMSON that Roberts was absolutely sober.