Treason Trial, noun phrase
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- Also with small initials.
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.
- Note:
- 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.
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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