alleged onnnl assaults and ther- Is no doubt he had « ecMzophrenlc-llke illness with auditory heilucinations mhen admitted to hospital*. Or Huafcleson Hid In his report that Keye had told Ma h* aaa essmultmd during hit tmo months of lnterregetion, to try and make hie talk about a certain meeting ha had attended* Keye also told tha doctor that ha had been hit alth flats and kicked on tha haad durlnQ Interrogation. The f^xt thing ha raaaabarvd aaa being sent to Komanl Hospital in • CeJainatoan ahara ha aas kept for tao months. Ha said that after being baatan his nose aas sore end he could not aaa out of his left eye. -Tha trial reopened on 15 -arch »lth ttr Jurgens contesting the allegatlona of esaault and asking several emmndment* to the indictment, tith er Keys hart in court, the defence coaplalnad that another of tha accused, ar Uayeklso, had been taken froa prison to give a henderltlng aaaple elthout his leeyers being consulted. Jurgens conceded that the police had ande *en error of Judgement' but said they had not tried to force evidence out of ar aavaklso. In the state** evidence a South African security policeman* aerrent Officer ED Flsdon delated he end his colleagues had dug up banned literature - one leaflet eea ellegedly entitled 'Mandela says unite* - In the beck gardens of teo houses in ebentaane. The proaecutlon called a lecturer In political science et nand Afrlkaana University, ID da Vrles, te > Br v * * hlatory of revcplutloaery groups In South Africa'. De Vrles said that tha east Important movements sere trie ANC, SACP, SACTU era) MC. Hs pointed out that the JVC ees opposed to 'homelands' and did not recognise Clakel's Indaaartdanoe. Oe Vrles also clelmmd that the conetltutlon of the South African Allied workers' Uhlon (*$MW> correspondejf, «Hh eaall ajteeptlons, to that of SACTU. The trial continues. Robert Martin Adam (26) end Jinnd la mthmmbu (23). Charge: The eccueed era alleged to heve conspired elth trie African National Congress to obtain information regarding the transmission system and other aspects of tha SABC TV toear in Brixton. During July iMit it eea alleged thet they visited the toear and obtained information about it, including the taking of photographs. Adam is alleged to heve dreen up e report for tret ANC entitled 'Report on the reconnaissance of the SABC-TV system in Auckland Park 1 , mhieh eas placed In a dead letter box together elth certeln photographs. These eere collected by en A*C courier. The accused are also Jointly charged elth attempting to recruit a person for the ANC, end poaeeaslon of ANC literature. Adam has admitted in court that he If an ANC member, end that he prepared the report on ttwj SABC toeer for the ANC. Homever, ha claims that the intention aas not to sabotage the toear, but to rlamaga machinery and the building next to the toeer. eHhmmuu hme admitted taking photographa of trie Brixton toear, but clalmm that these eere done for the purposes of writing an article for e magazine on ehlch he Is eaployed. Irthembu has contested the admissibility of a statement he made after his arrest, claiming that it ehouid not be accepted as evidence against hie by the court. The triel continues In the Johannesburg Supreme Court before the Judge President of the Province, Judge Boshoff • INTERNAL gCUMTY ACT TRIALS Elaine dohaeaatf (20), Leslie Lax (23), kUchael O'Oonoven (21), Benjamin Greyllng (20). Charge: The accused aere charged eith distributing and producing posters ehlch cslebreted the 60th anniversary of the founding of the South Afridhn Communist Party (SACP). The stete celled fiend Afrikaans University lecturer ID de Vrles to give expert evidence on 'revolutionary tactics*. Ha clalaad that a poster sheen to hie last year carried the eords 'eorkers unite' ehlch he said eas extracted from Hsrx*s Communist manifesto. The poster, he said, could be seen ae a eey of publicising an unlaeful organisation. Ban Greyllng told the court of hie eel-treetieant by police after his detention. Ha claimed thet after three security police arrested hie, his hands mere tied behind hie back, and he eas throttled, * Throughout the day until midnight he eas bound fund and foot end forced to stand for 14 hours of questioning at John Vorater Souare. He ems forced to remove all his clothes and a bunch of keys eas pushed against his private parte. ehen ha reported having been assaulted to a doctor, the r*oort «*s referred beck to his Interrogator*. unexpectedly, in the middle of proceedings, the eccused changed their plea to guilty. It appears thet the presiding magistrate eas due to go on leave, and thia eould have extended court proceedings for some time, ehlle the accused remained In custody. Couneel for the defence then aaked for eholly suspended sentences to be imposed: the accused had already been in Jail for some time, end ell eere keen to resume their unlveraities studies if given the opportunity. Verdict: Guilty Sentence: 360 days Imprisonment, of ehlch 3S0 days mere conditionally suspended for 5 years. (Johannesburg Regional Court, 10.03.62). Of Interest eas the state's policy regarding ball in this case, end the previous Official Secrets Act triel ehlch Greyllng eas involved in. In the first trial, tha stete opposed bell strongly, and security police indicated that if ball eas granted. Greyllng eould be radetalned. Ha eas subsequently acquitted. In tha aacond trial, the attorney general prohibited bell by means of a onrtlflcate. The accused mee thus held In prison aa eeeltl'ng triel prisoners throughout the triel. They eere then sentenced to only 10 days imprisonment. peg* tthmmmt **» Omar (25). Charge: Photocopying end distributing en AJC pamphlet. The accused claimed thet he had received the pamphlet froa an unknown person, end read it. It contained e message from Oliver Tambo on the 69th anniversary of the ANC'a foundation. Ha gave tha pamphlet to a friend, making her to make copies ss he intended taking them to a political science class ehlch aaa part of his journalise course. Verdict; Guilty. Sentence: 12 months imprisonment, suspended for 5 years* (Durban Regional Court, 22.0t.83). APPEAL PROCEEDINGS Guy perger and Devendira Pllley. The original charges against Berger end Pllley related to the provision of information on trade unions to SACTU, membership and furthering the aims of the ANC, and the possession and distribution of unlaeful literature. Effective sentence in Berger's esse eas a years* Pillay receiving 2 years. They appealed against sentence, and mere successful, in that Plllay*s sentence eas reduced to one year* Berger's to teo. (Grahaaatoen Supreme Court, eerch 1962). Nclmbithl Johnson Lublsl (29), Petrua Vashego (20), and hmphtali Uenane (24). (For trial details, see VIP 14:39-4!; VIP 15:40-41; MP 16:3-5). The eppellents eere found guilty of high treason in November I960, end sentenced to death. The major act for ehlch they received the death aentence Involved their participation in an AJC attack on the Soekmekaer police station in January 1960. On appeal. they argued that tha death sentence •as Inappropriate beceuee they had deliberately refrained froa killing those inside the police stetlon et the time of the attack. Various other factors such as their ages, the social disruption of their lives et the tie* they Joined the AFC (involving the June 1976 events end efter), and the disparity beteeen their sentences and other accused i eere put forward by the eppellents. Judgement has bean reserved in this important appeal. Wilfred efereane (20). mermane mas tried and convicted In BophutheTseana in terns of South Africa's Terrorism Act, The trial Judge, in summing up, said that ehlle the Terrariee Act aaa passed in South Africa, it still applied In BophuthaTemana after "independence* because it had not been repealed, tsjraane eas sentenced to 15 years imprisonment* Tha appeal, heard In South Africa's Apellete Division in Bloamfontein - ehlch has Juriadictlon over the) 'lndapmnoent'bantustans - eas on tha grounds that the Terroriem Act mee in conflict with the conetltutlon of BophutheTseane. This constitution has a bill of rights attached, ehlch couneel for tha
peg* T/ appellant c la lea overrule* the Terrorise) tat. The appael, being haard by a full banc* of 11 Judges, la proceeding. PHIS0H5 ACT TRIALS ettchmel Jenfcin {31), Pram Naidoa (33) and Enlrlah Femebhei (44). The accused, having bean detained for soee tlae under section 6 of the Terrorise) Act, aara charged alth harbouring a political prisoner aho escaped from Pretoria Central prison In 1979. Staphen Lee ascapad mitt Alexander eouebarls and Tlaotny Jvnkln, brother of one of tha accused, and all 3 subsequently esnaged to laava South Africa. Jar* In has bean relaasad on bail of R5G0, ehlla feiidoo and Nanebhel are In custody. Dyson. Attorney Gi anise Oyson la charged alth attempting to enuoBla a letter erlten by a prisoner out of tha Fort Prison, Johannesburg. Tha prlaonar Involved ess allegedly Elaine Mohaeaid, recently convicted in tares of tha intaraal Security Act (see above)*
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