JURY GETS SPY CASE IN JERSEY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP73-00475R000101200005-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 6, 2014
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: December 2, 1964
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release _@ 50-Yr 2014/01/06: CIA-RDP73-00475R000101200005-9
JOURNAL AMERICAN
DEC 2 1964
; By JAMES 1;;JULGALLEINT
i The spy .eage.,,of the American.
electronics. engineer and the,
;Russian chauffeur went to thc.
ljtiry in Newark 'Federal, Court'
today?and a' verdict of guilty
icould mean death... ..
John W. , Butepk6-.? 39.., of
,Orange, N: J., and Russian Igor
A. Ivanov, of Amtorg, the Rus-
?sian trade agency, are accused
.
of conspiring to transmit secret
U., S. defense documents 'to the
;Soviet Union.
Before the eight - woman,
:four-man jury retired to deli-
;berate the. fate of the defend-
:ants they heard an hour-and-
37-minute charge by Judge An-
thony T. Angelli in which the
court upheld the rights of both
ithe American and the Russian
to justice under the Arnelican
I,law.
( STAND AS EQUALS ?
i "Mr. Itutenko, an American
;citizen, and Mr. Ivanov, a Itus-
.sian, stand before the bar ..of
justice as equals," Judge An-
kelli said. ,
., ."They merit .a verdict. that
;reflects your ,,Impartial- judg-
'neat land wh ich.js: WTI .8614
on, the evidence ? produced ' In'
open court." ? ? .? ?
He. pointed out to the jurors
that the testimony of FBI
agents at the./trial should be
given no more. *eight than the
testimony of other ? witnesses
who took the stand.?
Butenkci, . toe, the Judge
charged, should/have, his testi-
mony weighed. just like .ani
other witness. 1
He also stressed that IvanOvl
?Who did not testify;---Was un4
der no obligation tb do so and
this should not be held against
,
The. Judge .also inStructed th
Jury to disregard any consider-,
ations of punisliMent if they,
should convict: either 'pf the
defendants. ? , ' ?
After the jury retired Judge
Augelli addressed the press,a
told,. that he ,."appro9iates:
I airy and impartial :41S annr, In
which,theY,Aovere .the. eriaL
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