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4 \ a #y ‘ 3 ne 44 a! y UNITED STATES DEPARTMEN.s OF JUSTICE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION In Repls, Please Refer to Chicago, Illinois File \0-CG 176-28 September 10, 1970 ANTIRIOT LAWS ABBOTT HOWARD HOFFMAN Kre- Bf Aa igen Abbott Howard Hoffman is a white male born November 30, 19236, at Worcester Maesachusetts, Hoff mon av » aww we ea ee MEO er 6S OR ee ee resides at 114 East 13th Street, New York, New York, On March 20, 1969, Hoffman was indicted by a Federal Grand Jury (FGJ), Chicago, charged with a violation of the Antiriot Laws (ARL), Title 18, United States Code (USC), Sections 2101 and 371. Hoffman was charged with conspiring with others to travel, and himself travelling, in interstate commerce from outside Illinois to Chicago, Illinois, with the intent to incite, organize, promote, and encourage a riot and thereafter, Hoffman was charged, on or about August 26, 1968, at Linc >1n Park, Chicago, Illinois, on or about August 27, 1968, at Lincoln Park, Chicago, Illinois, and on or about August 29, 1968, at Grant Park, Chicago, Illinois, with speaking to assemblages of persons for the purposes of inciting, organizing, promoting, and encouraging a riot, Trial in this matter commenoc'd in Chicago, Illinois, on September 24, 1969, and on February 18, 1970, Hofiman was found by a jury to be guilty of Section 2101 of the above statute, as related to his own travel interstate for the purposes as noted. On February 20, 1970, he was sentenced by United States District Court {USDC) Judge Julius J, Hoffman, trial judge in this case, to five (5) years in the custody of the Attorney General (AG), fined $5,000 and court costs. This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI, and is loaned to your agency; it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency,