Imperial Valley press., 1934-01-18
invoke COURT
|. FOR RELEASE
Of STRIKERS
Petition For Writ OF Habeas
Corpus Being Argued This
Afternoon.
UNION FILES PROTESTS
Rolph And Creel Asked To In
vestigate Alleged Force Used
By Policemen.

Hearing on a habeas corpus
petition presented in behalf of
Al prisoners now in the county
jail for alleged participation in
the recent lettuce strike was
postponed until next Tuesday
afternoon at 1:30 o'clock by
Judge Thompson this afternoon.
Reason for the postpOnement
was the absence of the petition
er, Grover c. johnson, San Ber-
nardinO attorney.
Hearing for a writ of habeas cor
pus brought in behalf of 70-odd let
tuce strikers, seeking their release
from Jail, was in progress this af-
ternoon before 1udge Vaughn r.
Thompson in the superior court.
The defendants were placed un-
while the strike was at its height.
Protests against treatment &C
corded striking workers by police in
Imperial county during the recent
strike of the lettuce workers were
wired to Governor Rolph and
George Creel last night by A. L. Wi
rim, attorney for the American Civil
Liberties Union who is in the valley
to represent these strikers.
A meeting is being arranged by
the American Civil Liberties Union
at Brawley for next Tuesday even
ing at headquarters formerly occu-
pied by the strikers. Arrangements
are being made to have John
Beardsley, chairman of the COnSti-
tutional Rights Committee of the Los
Angeles bar association, Rabbi Hen
ry Leibert and Rev. S. P. Ryland, a
prominent Methodist minister, as
we'll as Helen Marston, San Diego
society woman. speak at this meet
ing. ,..--. .-..
At the conclusion of hearing be-
fore Judge Vaughn Thompson in
superior court yesterday afternoon,
the petition asking for the issuance
of writ of habeas corpus in favor
of Clarence Lynch, Phoenix attor-
ney imprisoned in the county jail
for alleged connection with the re-
cent lettuce strike, was denied by
the custody of the sheriff with bail
set at $1,000. The court further Or
dered the bar association to pro-
ceed against Lynch for attempting
to practice law in this county with
out a state license.
This decision followed a legal pro-
cess in which A. L. Wirir. attorney
representing Lynch at this hearing.
nearly got himself into difficulties
with the court over certain remarks
he made while arguing the case.
When Wirin first announced him.
self as Lynch's representative, the
court demanded that he show his
certificate to practice law in Cali
fornia. When Wirin stated that he
did not have this certificate with
him the court at first refused to
hear the case until this certificate
was presented.
Wirin stated that he had appear
ed in this court in 1929 and that
he was merely substituting for Gro
yer c. Johnson, who, it was said
had been called on other business to
San Bernardino and was therefore
unable to be present to conduct the
hearing. The court finally allowed
the case to proceed subject to later
confirmation by Wirin through his
presentation of certificate to prac-
tice law in this state.
Lynch took the stand in his own
behalf and it was brought out both
in direct and cross examination by
D. H. Wolford, deputy district at
torney, that he had come to the VII
ley to aid in the defense of the strik-
erS who were then in the county
n., El