bench warrants would not be issued for those forfeiting bail. "We are treating these rather lightly. Our main purpose is to stop the operation of the bar," he said. Six attorneys including Lawrence Speiser, ACLU Staff Counsel, representing some 30 of the defendants, all entered not guilty pleas and requested jury trials. All of the trials were set for March 26th and 27th over objections of 'counsel that this was beyond a 30-day limit within which misdemeanor cases must be tried. Bail Reduced

On March 9th, on the Court's own motion, all of the bails in these cases were reduced from $50.00 to $10.00. Many defendants, then called Deputy District Attorney Rowson who told them that if they would agree to forfeit bail, that his office would be willing to drop the two charges of being a lewd and dissolute person and committing acts outraging public decency, and instead, charge them merely with disturbing the peace. He assured them that bench warrants would not be issued for those forfeiting bail. A few days before trials were scheduled to begin, Deputy District Attorney Rowson called all of the attorneys representing defendants and relayed a message to them from South San Francisco Municipal Judge Thomas L. Bocci, Jr., through Municipal Court Clerk Richard R. Liberty, that Judge Bocci would grant summary probation instead of any fine or imprisonment in the event any defendants would agree to plead guilty to disturbing the peace.

The trial of one defendant, set for March 26th, was set over until April 24th by Judge Bocci in spite of objections of Staff Counsel Lawrence Speiser that this was a month beyond the 30-day statutory limit for misdemeanor trials. By the next day, there were only 25 cases, scheduled to be heard. Of these, 16 forfeited $10.00 bail each, four had their cases continued until April 3rd, and two plead guilty to disturbing the peace and were granted summary probation by Judge Bocci, The remaining three were represented by Speiser for the ACLU in a consolidated trial over Speiser's objection.

Sheriff Testifies

Sheriff Earl B. Whitmore testified that he had seen all three men dancing in a lewd and lascivious Continued on page 36

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Mattachine REVIEW

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Articles

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TWILIGHT MARRIAGE, Chris Wetmore and John Arlee...

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THE HOMOSEXUAL IN PRISON, Ross Puryear.......... HOMOSEXUALITY, MORALITY AND RELIGION (II),Luther Allen.....16 HOMOSEXUALS EXAMINE THE IR SENSE OF VALUES, Wes Knight......19 "YOU'RE FIRED!" John Logan.....

THE PROBLEM OF SYMPATHY, Jack Parrish.

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THIRD ANNUAL CONVENTION AT SAN FRANCISCO. SOME THINGS MONEY CAN'T BUY. SEX CRIMES SHOW LITTLE RISE.

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MATTACHINE SALUTES AÇLU...... 3 IN THE NEXT ISSUE...... BOOKS: Against the Law .37 READERS WRITE.

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