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Melvin Belli — Part 8

40 pages · May 10, 2026 · Broad topic: General · Topic: Melvin Belli · 40 pages OCR'd
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. O19 (fev. 5-27-63) Mahan ak Oo l - 4. 5S: Trotter 6 Tele Ro _? 9 tle 3° 24 5 H 6. pecial tothe Herald Tribune : & Phary, indge, the prosecution and ‘Dall as. Something} , 27 - -SAN ¥RANGISCO. Nuecift verdict Saturday, he blew up and denounced verdict. e ° welie@ up in me,” he explained yesterday, when he SW => Melvin “Belli thought: ‘up fresh, unpleasant phrases for . s as.yesterday, 8 and ‘also took on, the, Amer ican Bar 4sso- the jurors, “self-satished and smug. Wat happened in Dallas, he said, “lies with the ses-ity am. An oligarchy is in charge which says what. xou shanty co or net do.’ Ruby murder trial, which ne, headed, ‘until: “fired © Thursday vy the Ruby faniy, was . a) "picpesessnated™ by Dallas; he ‘said. “If the trial -had been. -About his fising by the Rudy family, : ‘Mr. Bellf wus | :teléyised. .all the. ‘lawyers in the United tates would have silent. “As far as I'm concerned, Jack is iny “friend? che sare koe said e's got a case and he’s going to win it.” _ y arched” on Dallas. moe : ; . ; new trial motion, filed in Dailas by lawyer Priya 74: And - as’ for the’ American’ “Bar Association, whose _ ‘ : > 25 president, Walter C. Craig, criticized Mr. Belli’s courtroom i uric o listed the best-kno* - criminal tawyer in ‘Texas ou utburst after the guilty yerdict last Saturds y Foreman, as te new member 0 of the def 2 teant 6 =. I cannot continue in tee Ameicar. 3 Agsociati - Buricson and Joe Tonanii convnued 65 Reve: bipree a i od io . am to continue to‘believe in jusiice and due process. . 8 “Let him ‘(Mr: Craig), investigate the substance of the whe motion was fied with the clerk of trial Judge Jor i i arges made ‘and not ‘the man who made the charges.” B. Brown's court and cited 36 alleged errors as grouns | . for a new trial. It wil no doubt be denied and ihe case i 2. In Dallas, the new Ruby defense team toox the fi Fir Steen re 10" _ formal step to appeal the death sentence. taken to the state Court ot Criminal Appeais. ee Here, in & crowded press conference Mr. Belli predicted a The Washine 2 a successful appeal, said his fee for directing the case hac! - Times a3: been’ “zero” and renewed his denunciation -of Dallas. ‘Throughout’ the case,’ he had persisted, that Dalias,:* - ~ - The Washingtea Daily “ews +4 ‘shocked: ‘py the assassination of ‘President Kennedy and the 7 | 7 . The Evening Star : 1,5. murder two days later of his accused assassin, could not ; New York Herald Tribune’ 16 >6ive: Ruby. a fair trial. _ 7 ge When the all-white, all Protestant sury handgdun lis, Herald New York Journal-A mes.can ——— New York Daily News pe Sie. New York Fost —— the New York Times . The Worker The New Leader The Wall Street Journa. The Motion il Observer Peoole’s Werta Hee Date
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