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roe ee wane found her and her son guilty ‘tin absentia on assault charges last month. Greenstein said Mrs. Mur- # ray could be jailed for many Fyears if she is returned to ‘| Maryland, even though the 7 charges against her are mis- a a '| demeanors instead of felo- ' { { nies, ‘| ‘In more modern areas of ‘| the United States, a mis- | demeanor is an. offense pun- |ishable by not more than 4 year in jail,’ Greenstein ex- plained. “But Marvland still has the old English system of ‘commen Jaw misdemean- ars.” This goes back to the 1 16th or 17th. Century. Under it, a judge has the disere- tion to sentence her for as long as he wants. “SHE DOES NOT have the ! protection afforded persons accused of misdemeanors in ; Hawaii or most of the rest ; of the country. “This woman is entitled to asylum in Hawaii, and I'm going to do my best to see Camm? PPR OO Sh, ee Pe ree a ee as cea 33 >. ~ ~ > 4 va ee, , fees ae Es ig a x we eee gi Synge Oe Trig Be sie ie So ETE OE oe ee Kea ae La eee oO rele te et ne we se oan Tone orale (na ee er) : . . +1 “K BALTIMORE judge” Ts ae oe es ee eee se ee, Ny ot fk yg tat 3. : Piha ES en i ea alot wet 1 _Mrs—aMurray conferred. _‘} with Greenstein’s partner, > Stuart M.. Cowan, after ‘|learning that Burns had isigned the extradition papers. Then she and meme ~ *\ hers of her family went to “Waikiki Beach until dusk. She refused to talk to an Advertiser reporter when 4 “| she returned home, saying .— il ¢he newspaper hed given _i her “a bad press.” . | But a member of her family said: “1 expect Mae ‘i dalyn te fight this with , | everything she’s got.” i It was understood that * Mrs. Murray blamed pres- _* sure by the Roman Catholic ' Church for efforts by Mary- : land Gov. Tawes to extradite i her from Hawali. H ” s La | _GREENSTEIN conferred i Tuesday with Tawes in an j unsuccessiul plea to rescind ; the extradition request. | The order signed yester- day by Burns is a “Gover nor’s warrant” ordering po- Vjice to arrest Mrs, Mur- ‘ray and her son. i “It has been satisfactorily . ‘ shown to me... that she ; fled from the justice of the. ‘state of Maryland and that ' she has taken refuge and is rove to be found in the State of Hawaii.” the order said. 2: ot You are hereby ‘eammanded to arrest and ‘temporary hold the said Madalyn Murray wherever she max be found within the - State of Hawaii," it added. i \ a on