People v. Flynn

Defendant Thomas Flynn, a UAW-CIO field representative, was among the pickets who participated in a strike which had been in progress for about 3 weeks at the Nylen Prodr *132ucts Company, about 4 miles south of the city of St. Joseph. About 7:40 a.m., on August 18,1948, Albert Howard, an employee, arrived at the plant in his automobile and attempted to drive through the main gate to go to work. Flynn, accompanied by other men, told Howard and Thomas Basey, who was riding with him: “I will give you —---10 seconds to get out of here.” Howard drove a little farther east on the road, and stopped.…