Monday, April 3, 1972
Berrigan Jury In Recess
HARRISBURG, Pa. (UPI) --The Harrisburg Seven jury recessed Saturday after deliberating for a third day, grappling with the question of what constitutes a conspiracy against the government.At one point, the nine women and three men jurors asked to study the entire transcript of testimony by FBI informant Boyd F. Douglas Jr., the star witness for the government against the Rev. Philip F. Berrigan and his six codefendants.Federal Judge R. Dixon Herman turned down the request because defense attorneys objected that the request was impractical because of the volume of testimony involved.In their first indication that a verdict was not near, the panel asked Herman about arrangements for attending religious services on Easter. The judge said he would either send all 12 jurors to one church, or bring a clergyman in to conduct a service.Eight of the jurors are Protestants, one is Catholic and three do not attend church.The jury began deliberating Thursday on the charges that Berrigan and the other antiwar activist plotted to kidnap Henry A. Kissinger, blow up federal heating tunnels and raid draft board offices.______________________________________________"Berrigan Jury in Recess", by Harrisburg, Pa. (UPI), published in the Pacific Stars and Stripes on Monday, April 3, 1972, and reprinted from European and Pacific Stars and Stripes, a Department of Defense publication copyright, 2002 European and Pacific Stars and Stripes.