Rust v. Pratt

These proceedings are for a writ of habeas corpus, and the four cases are consolidated for the purpose of hearing and determination.

On November 28,1934, the grand jury of Multnomah county returned an indictment against one Art Shearer and 32 others, charging defendants with the crime of rioting. Art Shearer was granted a separate trial. The state contended that the alleged riot occurred in front of a structure located at the northeast corner of Fourteenth and Alberta streets, Portland, Oregon, which was then used as a hiring hall by an organization of longshoremen known as the Columbia…