As we go to press word has reached us that Recorder’s Court Judge Robert Colombo has dismissed charges of sales of marijuana against John Sinclair. His trial on the charge of possession began on June 24 and may be in progress at this writing. Call our office or White Panther headquarters for more information.
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Last week’s film review of “Goodbye Columbus” was written by our resident film critic, Dennis Raymond.
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New Bethel Suspect Freed
Alfred Hibbitt, accused in the New Bethel shooting of wounding Patrolman Richard Worobec, has won his fight for a reduced bond.
Recorder’s Court Judge Joseph Maher had doubled Hibbitt’s bond to $50,000 at a pre-trial examination and led to the confrontation between the judge and attorney Ken Cockerel. (See FE #81, June 12-25, 1969.)
Hibbitt, released on $10,000 bond, offered to take a lie detector test or truth serum to prove his innocence in the shooting.
“I want to show that I am telling the truth when I deny’ shooting that police officer,” he said. “I don’t like my case being used to cause tensions between black brothers and white brothers.”