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NY 92-911 The prosecution of these defendants, including the subject was declared a mistrial on May 15, 1961, due to the inability of the jury foreman to appear for trial due to injuries | sustained in an accident. The -subject-was-released-on $135,000 on June 2, 1961. oo ee oe ~_ An 1 commenced in Apr e ria brought in a verdi The subject's r and on June 25, 1962, the ju for each defendant. et ry On July 10, 1962, Federal Judge LLOYD F. MC MAHON, United States District Court, Southern District of New York, sentenced the subject to thirty years imprisonment. The “New York Daily Néws" of July 11, 1962, contained an articie on page 4 entitled "Big John Ormento and Dope Mob Get Up To 40 Years - Starting Now". This article reflected the following: Federal Judge LLOYD F. MC MAHON stated that at the time of the sentencing of the defendants in the Federal Narcotics trial in the Southern District of New York he would deny them bail pending their appeal and remand the.a to federal custody. He stated “there would be danger to the public, to the witnesses, to the jurors and to the court personnel, if bail were granted pending appeal". Appeals of the defendants were "merely frivolous for many possible questions of law have been deliberately created by the defendants’ obvious plot to frustrate justice by terrorism". . ’» ’ nearcerated in the United States Penitentiary at Alcatraz since September 18, 1962. ok