The case continues.ĭurham City Echo (The names of the city and prosecution have been changed to protect the guilty.) Judge Day-Lewis cleared the court after repeated laughter and interruptions from the public gallery. A shocked Mr Howe, prosecuting, said, "You are wicked people to come here and implant lustful and perverted desires to our children".Ī spokesman for the group, describing himself as a musician, wearing a multi-coloured jacket and shoulder length hair replied, "This is a ridiculous fantasy. The case was held up for several minutes when a father collapsed in court after hearing his daughter's confession of "intimate relationships" at the Winterland Ballroom that night. All deny conspiring to corrupt public morals on 8 August 1970 when at a dance members of the group appeared naked drugs, contraceptives and magazines were handed to the audience and "free love" was encouraged from the stage. ![]() Before the court were Hawkwind, five young men from London. Court cleared at hippy flower power trial.Īn "electronic beat group" did not glorify drug taking or violence, a consultant psychologist said at the Durham Magistrates Court today. ~ Selected extracts from the 23 page "The Hawkwind Log" ~ 17 December 1970. ![]() Hawkwind Original Sleeve Photography Copyright © Phil Franks
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