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From: mt view <>
Subject: Re: [CAALAMED] 1964 MIS-TRIAL/Contra Costa Times?
Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2006 13:07:07 -0700 (PDT)
In-Reply-To: <23920-4505D458-4982@storefull-3311.bay.webtv.net>
Cris
I was wondering if the Contra Costa Times, is in that group of papers that you can check? Also wondering do she work under cover somewhere in Contra Costa, for wondering the trial was held in that county?
George
wrote:
Hi Ron and all
I did a few lookups on the news link you sent Ron and was surprised to
say the least! : ) I have found 2 articles (so far) fro The OAKLAND
TRIBUNE May 27 and May 28 1964 regarding Patricia HUFF an undercover
police woman being held in contempt of court for refusing to answer
questions. I cant get the whole article on one and have copied the other
here below. I would like to find out what preceeded in ths trial and
what "Mrs. HUFF's " sentence was. If Ive figured correctly her
sentencing would have been on June 1st. This came as a big surprse to me
that she was an undercover police woman, Patricia HUFF was my biological
mother. For a very short time I lived with her during this time and I am
one of the children mentioned in the article. Strange thing is, even
though I was only 9 or 10 yrs old, I remember bits and pieces about this
and not too long ago asked my sister, who is older than I, about
memories I had about hearing something about this trial and she had no
idea what I was talking about..The thing that does surprise me is that
Patricia HUFF was a police officer in any fashion...no one in our family
ever knew that. Her name prior to HUFF was SCHWEITZER, she married HUFF
about 1962-63.(and the newspaper is right, she had many, many
names.....) She also worked with the District Attorney's office, and
with Mr. Clarence SEVERIN on many cases and they became life long
friends. Mr SEVERIN figured prominently also in the well known murder
case of Burton ABBOTT, in the book A TRAIL OF CORN.(in the 1950's in
Oakland / Alameda / Berkeley)
Any information about Patricia HUFF, (SCHWEITZER) and her career as a
police woman and i particular what preceeded and followed this mis-
trial. When she died she had no longer been HUFF for over 20 years
(family still living)
I apologize for the length.
Cris
fro the OAKLAND TRIBUNE
"MARTINEZ Dr. Lawrence Giiubbini, 60. and Dr. Joseph Sieff. 51, stand
acquitted today of all abortion charges they faced in a Superior Court
action which ended here Tuesday in a mis- .nal. District Atty. John A
Nejedly, n an unusual court action, asked for a mistrial after a woman
witness for the prosecution, an undercover police agent, refus- d to
answer personal questions asked by the defense. Superior Judge Martin E
Rothenberg, who granted the mistrial, said today that dismis- sal oi all
the charges against the defendants was automatic when the prosecution
requested a mis- trial A second trial on those charges would be
considered double jeopardy, the judge explained. Dr. Giubinni, a
chiropractor, who now resides in San Ansel- mo, had been charged with
three counts of abortion, two counts of soliciting women for abortion
and conspiracy. Dr. Sieff, of San Leandro, a former associate of Dr.
Giubin- ni, was charged with a single count each of abortion, soliciting
and conspiracy. The reluctant witness, Mrs. PATRICIA HUFF, was held in
con- tempt of court by Judge Rothen- berg. She will appear before him
Monday for sentencing. Mrs. HUFF said later she could not identify her
children in open court nor answer certain ques- tions about her personal
life be- cause such information would endanger the welfare of her
family. She said she had been assured by officials in charge of her un-
dercover police work that she would not be required to reveal her full
identity and that of her family in testimony about the case."
taken from the OAKLAND TRIBUNE MAY 27-28 1964
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