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Assistant Attorney General Stephen Limon in the courtroom
Program:
[Hyde Park contempt trial, tape 1]
Original Airdate: 9/2/1982

Length: 00:21:06
Item Type: newstape - original footage


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1:00:01
Visual: Shot of Michael Gaine (Hyde Park resident) in courtroom at Suffolk Superior Court.

1:00:31
V: Court proceedings begin in a criminal contempt case against Michael Gaine. Michael Gaine (defendant), Judge James Lynch, Jr. (Suffolk Superior Court), Richard Driscoll (lawyer for the defendant), Stephen Limon (Assistant Attorney General for the State of Massachusetts) and members of the jury are all present in court. Members of the Brooks family are seated in the courtroom. The judge allows a motion to sequester the witnesses for the defense and the prosecution.

1:02:14
V: Limon gives his opening statement. Limon accuses Gaine of violating a consent judgement signed on August 19. Limon says that the consent judgement bars Gaine from harassing African American families in Hyde Park. Limon accuses Gaine of urinating and making obscene gestures in front of an African American family in Hyde Park on August 22.
Shots of Limon giving his statement; of the audience; of Gaine.

1:08:24
V: Driscoll reserves his right to make an opening statement. The judge reviews the consent judgement signed by Gaine on August 19.
Shot of the audience.
The court stenographer records the proceedings. Limon submits a map of the Ross Field area of Hyde Park as an exhibit in the case.

1:13:17
V: Limon calls Debra Stewart (witness) to testify. Stewart is sworn in. Limon questions Stewart about her background and her relations with the Brooks family. Limon questions Stewart about the events at the Brooks's home on the afternoon of August 22. Stewart points out Gaine in the courtroom. She says that she was in the yard of the Brooks's home with Bertha Brooks, Charles Brooks, Chad Brooks, and two other people; that Gaine was walking toward Ross Field in Hyde Park; that he stared at the group gathered outside of the Brooks's home as he passed.


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