The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-10-14

inquire if each juror had consid- cred the evidence separately as it applied to each defendant.
 Federal Judge Harold R. Medina declined the request. T have ex- amined the rules and find they make no provision for such an in- terrogation," he said.
 Then. Medina thanked the jurors eight women and four men.
 T have already thanked you in my charge" he said. You have performed service and deserve thanks for your careful attention to your duties"
 Charges To Jury
 Before I discharge you" the Judge said, T would like to tell you a few things. need not tell you of the importance of this case, as stressed by counsel for both sides. I tell you now when you leave here do not discuss with any, one. anything about this case, about the deliberations. about any, thing that has to do with the case from beginning to end. Do not discuss the case with relatives or friends or members of the press, magazine writers or anyone who seeks to elicit from you any infor- nation about the case"
 Defendants
 Besides Dennis the defendants in the trial were:
 Jacob Stachel, 48, director of the propaganda and education division.
 Gilbert Green, 43, Illinois chair man.
 John Gates. editor C. the Daily Worker.
 Benjamin Davis. Jr., 46, New York City councilman.
 Gus Hall 39. Ohio chairman.
 Irving Potash. 46, CIO Fur Work CTS Union official.
 Robert Thompson, S4. New York state chairman
 John Williamson, 45, labor sacre- tary.
 Henry Winston, 3s, organization al secretary.
 Carl Winter, 43, Michigan chair man.
 Dennis is A years of age.
 Gates, Hall, Thompson and Vim ston all served with the U. s. Arm- ed forces during the war.
 Stachel, Potash and Williamson are foreign-born.
 No date was set for their sen- tence. The jury deliberated ap- proximately seven hours.
 Attorneys Sentenced
 Sentences were set at once for the attorneys.
 Sacher and Gladstein received six months. Crockett was conviced un. der nine specifications and sem enced to four months on each to run concurrently. McCabe was giv- en 30 days. Isserman was senten- ced to four months.
 Dennis was sent to prison for six months on the contempt charge.
 The contempt judgments came as no surprise. Throughout the trial Judge Medina frequently warned the attorneys and Dennis about their conduct.
 All Guilty
 Mrs. Thelma Dial, foreman of the jury, in announcing the verdict said, We find each and every one of the defendants guilty"
 The verdict was returned to Fed eral Judge Harold Medina at l1:28 a. m.
 The jury entered the courtroom at 1l.27 am. after deliberating ex- actly seven hours It received the case at 3:53 p. m yesterday.
 The maximum penalty possible for each defendant is 10 year im- prisonment and $10,000 fine.
 The jury was boiled at the re- quest of Defense Attorney Harry Sacher.
 In taking the poll, the court clerk, William Borman, asked every juror how he found.
 He asked them one by one What the verdict was?" All answered Guilty for all H."
 Deputies On Guard
 The courtroom was crowded and across the front barrier separat- ing spectators from the rest of the room there were about Is deputy marshals. About 10 other deputies stood inside at each side of the bench, at the back of the room and at the side of the room.
 There was a solid wall of deputies at the entrance to the room in which the defendants. counsel and jury were stationed.
 The trial has been in progress for 39 weeks.
 Prosecutors estimate that the trial, which began last Jan. IT and was one of the longest criminal