Film Hearing's Reopening Set
Film Hearing^
Reopening Set
Three University students and ano-riburned whire briefs on the ques-;
their faculty adviser, arrested tlon °f police search and seizure jl
:four months ago on a charge of "-"0 submitted. : |
showing an obscene motion p.. , -l-ee weeks ago Judge Elden^j
, , , , , ruled on the briefs, denying a
1 ture, are scheduled to reappear ^fense motion that the film be
, in Ann Arbor Municipal Court suppressed as evidence. He has '
[ next Wednesday when their ex- now ordered the examination to
'i amination resumes. be resumed at 2 p.m. next;
_„ - - , ,, „ _._ — Wednesday. Prosecuting Attor-
? R "i? 'i1 ' °M f ?S "ey William F. Delhey has indi-
y ^\\\ A cated ^ with the appearance:
' w '^SS andLnlot s, Barden' of Staudenmaier on the witness^
, 20 of 1002 Packard all ymver-^^ ^ ^ ^^ ^ ^
sity students and Hubert I. Co- ^ ^ . , ^ ,
1 hen 36 of 219 Packard a U-M ^ ^ ^ examination. Amer--
- instructor were arrested last ^ ^ivil Liberties attorneys^
January. City police charged ^^ ^ ^d William Good-
i they were responsible forthe ^ ^ ^^ appearing for
/showing of a film called "The ^ ^efense, have not indicated3
; gaming Creatures _nth^Ar, ^ witnesses they intend;
chitecture Auditorui^yi8_ ^ ^ ^ ^ defendants are^
l-Miss trank. MISS BarkZy and ^ ^ ^eir own recognizance."
2 Barden are all officers in the
- Cinema Guild, a student organi- ^
y zation which brings films to the I
:1 campus on a regular basis. Co-'"
- hen has been identified as the ,
,. faculty adviser for the Guild. |
e City Police Detective Lt. Eu- |
t gene L. Staudenmaier was in A
the audience in the Architecture ,
Auditorium in January w h e n v
TS;e '"'liming Creatures" was 1
; ; ! !iown. Midway through
win g, Staudenmaier r
^ siii^ir'i ihe film and seized it. 1,
f Two days later the three stu- S
dents were arrested, a
The portion of the film which'
i Staudenmaier witnessed before!
I stopping the movie was shown;
!at the direction of Municipal \
Court Judge S. J. Elden when
ilir examination began last Jan-i
The examination was ad-
Article
Subjects
Ann Arbor Film Festival
University of Michigan Cinema Guild (Film Group)
University of Michigan - Students
University of Michigan - Faculty & Staff
The Flaming Creatures (Film)
Obscene Film
Crime & Criminals
Courts - Washtenaw County
Censorship
Ann Arbor Police Department
Ann Arbor Film Festival
Old News
Ann Arbor News