Five More At Sit-in Convicted By Jury

Five more University students, arrcsted last month during a sit-in at the Literature, Science and the Arts building on S. Stateigrfl]f of creating a contention after an all-day jury trial yesterday. Assistant Prosecutor Thomas F. Shea, who has appeared for the state in all 17 cases tried so far, preseated the state case while John Barr, an Ypsilanti attorney, was the defense counsel. The case was in District Court Judge Pieter G. V. Thomassen's court, as have been the previous two trials. All 17 students who have been tried thus far have been found guilty. Shea called eight witnesses to the stand, including U-M President Robbin Fleming. Barr had a dozen witnesses called, including al! five defendants. The prosecution case was identical to the first two cases with Fleming telling of meeting with students outside the Administration Building on Sept. 25 and of the students deciding to sit in the LS & A Building. The defendants testified they sat in because they feit strongly about the student-run book store issue The jurv, which did not get the case for deliberation imtil I 7:25 p.m., considered the testimony for about 90 minutes bef ore re turning the guilty ver-I dict on all live defendants. Those convicted were Ellen I Frankel, 39, of 236 Prescott.l East Quadrangle; Hugh Gul-I ledge,'22, of 807 S. State St.,1 Diane La Macchia, 18, of 3151 Prescott, East Quadrangle, I Louis Miller, 22, of 302 Tylerj House, and Richard SchroederJ 20, of the Michigan Union. I All will be sentenced bn Judge Thomassen next month. È