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Oh, yeah, The judge made findings of On took judicial notice that everything that we said in our complaint was true against the Citizens for Law and Order, whatever that means, that they're trying to intimidate the courts, intimidate

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the judges. The judge ruled, also that he took judicial notice that the else club, by its Constitution, excludes all black people. And I have little disagreement as to if a person who belongs to an organization that excludes black people, uh, in my opinion, there ipso facto

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racist. I'm going to put the Committee for Law and Order on their Stooges. And they're judges who have retired off of the taxpayers money to point out that they are trying to influence the outcome of the Huey Newton trial by attacking Huey Newton, the Black Panther

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Party and their lawyer myself. The petitions were heard by Superior Court Judge Lionel Wilson, the only black judge in Alameda County Defense attorney Charles Gary's attack was twofold. One that Newton could not get a fair trial under Superior Court Judge Lyell Cook, to whom the manslaughter

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case has been assigned because he cook is biased and that all other judges in the county should be disqualified as well because all have been intimidated by a group called Citizens for Law and Order. Gary submitted affidavits saying the Black Panther leader could not get a

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Nim partial hearing before Judge Cook because the magistrate is a member of the Elks Club described in the petition as a racist organization which discriminates against blacks. The petition further stated that Judge Cook showed pre judgment in the case by erecting elaborate security measures in his

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courtroom when there was not a demonstrated need for them. Gary said he was prepared to present some 29 witnesses, including 75 year old former municipal Judge Charles Fisher, who was a member of the citizens group and who was present in the courtroom Today. The Law and

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Order Group publicizes box scores on criminal cases Censure's judges who do not meet their standards of punishment and commends those who do. Gerri said the intention was to intimidate all the judges of the county and all should be disqualified from hearing the highly volatile Newton case.

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Newton is accused of manslaughter in the 1967 death of an Oakland policemen. Judge Wilson said he would take judicial notice of the Elks Club being a discriminatory group, which in plain terms means he accept that as a fact and of Judge Lyle Cooks membership in the

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Elks after recess. Judge Wilson said he studied all motions and responses from all parties and ruled that no showing of prejudice had been made against Judge Cook, nor had had been shown that fellow judges had been intimidated by the Citizens for Law and Order. Gary talked

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to news men after the hearing. Newton, who met his sister outside the courtroom, seemed in a jovial mood despite the preliminary set back. The next hearing will be October 19th before trial Judge Lyell Cook. A number of witnesses from the Citizens for Law and Order are

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scheduled to testify on the same issues heard today. Ben Williams Eyewitness News, Alameda County Courthouse