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...wastes even a few weekend hours on a novel. Sighs an old acquaintance: "He's dull and devious-God, how devious-diligent and deliberate. He hasn't got a principle in his head, except that to him the Labor Party is the ark and its policy Holy Writ...
...action initiated today is entirely separate from attempts to secure a writ of habeas corpus from the Georgia Supreme Court. "It is another way of doing the same thing," Meltsner said. He noted that the five defendants have already spent two months in jail, on extremely suspicious evidence. The state grand jury will not meet until November, and if indicted, the students will not stand trial until several months after that...
...punishment without any kind of probable cause," Meltsner said. He said that if the students were out on ball, their lawyers would wait until the trial to attack the enforcement of the insurrection statute. Unusual measures are being taken because local officials show no dispensation to issue a writ of habeas corpus, or set reasonable bail for the prisoners, Meltsner said...
...petition for a writ is turned down by the Georgia Supreme Court, King said defense attorneys will appeal to the federal appellate court. The whole process of securing the writ is separate from the actual trial of the students...
...Since a writ of habeas corpus is an "extraordinary writ," it takes precedence over all other business pending before the court. King said he did not share the optimistic view of some of his colleagues, who believe the Supreme Court "will give relief" to the students...