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Abbie Hoffman — Part 29
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ABBOTT H. HOFFMAN
*"go on @ vacation in the Caribbean Sea,' and the judge granted
it. Just like that! But he wouldn't grant a six-week delay in
our trial. And probably the whole history of the trial, the
whole history of the American judicial system probably would be
different if he had granted that delay.
"Bobby Seale says, ‘I want to defend myself.' The
first time any of us gpoke! Julius looked over like that--he
had two sets of glasses, one for us and one for the rest of the
room. He puts on his glasses. ‘What is that?' The lawyer says
‘Well, that was one of the defendants.’ ‘A what?’ ‘A defendant.'
‘Defendant! Never in my fifty years on the bench have I ever had
a defendant speak out in my courtroom.' The defendant is a piece
of shit: He didn't say that." (Laughter) "But that's his
attitude on defendants like us.
"Julius the multimillionaire. His wife sits on the
board of Brunswick Corporation, which makes bowling balls and
machine guns used in Vietnam. War stock! Millionaire made out
of war stock. Lives in the Drake Tower Hotel, the gold coast (of)
California in Chicago. He eats at the Standard Club, the most
exclusive club (in) Chicago. Me and Jerry went over to eat there.
That was a scene. You had a suit and tie bit, you know, so we had
to send out and get a special tailor. We come in and old Julius
sees us." (Here Hoffman makes a sighing and then snorting-type
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