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The Hyde Park Herald explains its Friday noon deadline for next Wednesday’s issue and invites readers to contribute. It notes emergencies override the deadline and urges reports on meetings, births, deaths, weddings, and community events. The editor, a female, asks for proper addressing and reader submissions with advance notice.
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Hung Judge Delays Racy Film Obscenity Case
In a rare turn a circuit court judge named Robert A Meier III could not declare Town Theatre Inc guilty or not guilty of obscenity over the sexually explicit film Deep Throat After hearing the evidence Judge Meier suspended the case awaiting further action by a jury or higher authority.
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Hung judge case ends in mis trial
State's attorney Bernard Carey filed a complaint with the Illinois Judicial Inquiry Board over Judge Meier not issuing a decision in the obscenity prosecution of Town Theatre Inc. Defense lawyer Patrick Tuite described a strategic move that charged four defendants in the Deep Throat case, including the Town Theatre and its officers, noting the corporation as a potential cold lifeless entity for jurors to consider.
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Judge Meier Declares Mistrial In Town Theatre Obscenity Case
The six to six hung jury led Judge Meier to declare a mistrial for the corporate officers and theatre manager in the Town Theatre obscenity case. The Town Theatre, Inc. faces potential verdicts separate from the juried defendants, while Illinois officials consider further action. Bernard Carey filed a complaint with the Judicial Inquiry Board.
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