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...SENTENCING Carl D. Offner to a year in prison for allegedly shoving Dean Watson during the seizure of University Hall, Judge Edward M. Viola has again demonstrated that people who commit offenses involving Harvard University must expect biased and vicious treatment in Cambridge's courts...
Judge Edward M. Viola, who presided last month over the criminal trespass trials of 174 University Hall protestors, will hear charges of larceny, assault and battery, possession of narcotics, and malicious destruction of property. All of the charge may carry jail sentence upon conviction...
...Nesson, assistant professor of Law, was the first defense witness. He said he saw an individual apprehended by police near the steps of Widener, taken to the steps of University Hall, and turned over to other police there. He was unable to identify the person among the defendants, and Viola excluded practically all his testimony...
...Viola asked to see counsel in his chambers. During the recess, a group of defendants began to sing "Solidarity Forever" in the courthouse lobby. They were told to be quiet by a court clerk. When Viola returned, he said that all counsel had agreed that assuming that all defendants were in the building, and if a warning was given, all the defendants, if called to testify, would say that they had heard no warning...
...Viola adjourned the court for the day. He said he hoped that the proceeding would be completed by noon today