Treason Trial, noun phrase

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historical
A series of judicial hearings which took place from December 1956 to March 1961, after a charge of high treason had been brought against a number of left-wing political figures accused of committing or promoting politically-motivated sabotage; any one of these hearings, especially the final trial of the thirty accused.
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Of 156 people arrested in this connection during December 1956, 91 were charged, but only 30 were tried. During the trial, one of the accused died and one fled the country; the others were acquitted, and charges against the remaining 61 were dropped.
1956 Rand Daily Mail 20 Dec. 1 (caption)An African musician and leader conducts his waiting people in songs, hymns and anthems as they demonstrate outside the Drill Hall during yesterday’s treason trials.
1957 E.S. Sachs in Forman & Sachs S. Afr. Treason Trial 215This book has been written jointly by Lionel Forman, accused no. 83 in the mass Treason Trial now proceeding in Johannesburg, and myself.
1957 Secretarial Report (A.N.C. Youth League, Transvaal) in Karis & Carter From Protest to Challenge (1977) III. 407We earnestly appeal to the Youth that wherever they are, they must of necessity focus the attention of the people on the Treason Trials.
1961 Rand Daily Mail 30 Mar. 1The 28 accused in the treason trial were all acquitted at Pretoria yesterday by Mr. Justice Rumpff.
1961 Rand Daily Mail 27 July 8With the decision of the Acting Attorney-General of the Transvaal to take no further action against the persons accused in the treason case, one of the most unfortunate episodes ever in South Africa has come to an end. The Treason Trial, 1956–1961, has been a sorry affair right from the start.
1964 M. Benson Afr. Patriots 237In mid-1957..Lutuli and the A.N.C. called for a stay-at-home...It was a daring act when they were tied up in the Treason Trial and unable to take any direct part in the organizing.
1977 J. Sikakane Window on Soweto 41One event..always in my mind is the day in 1958 which I helped my grandfather prepare a dinner for the Natal ANC members who were in the Treason Trial.
1990 R. Stengel January Sun 45My schooldays were in the aftermath of the treason trial. There was a great amount of fear.
A series of judicial hearings which took place from December 1956 to March 1961, after a charge of high treason had been brought against a number of left-wing political figures accused of committing or promoting politically-motivated sabotage; any one of these hearings, especially the final trial of the thirty accused.
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