Hi Ron and all I did a few lookups on the news link you sent Ron and was surprised to say the least! : ) I have found 2 articles (so far) fro The OAKLAND TRIBUNE May 27 and May 28 1964 regarding Patricia HUFF an undercover police woman being held in contempt of court for refusing to answer questions. I cant get the whole article on one and have copied the other here below. I would like to find out what preceeded in ths trial and what "Mrs. HUFF's " sentence was. If Ive figured correctly her sentencing would have been on June 1st. This came as a big surprse to me that she was an undercover police woman, Patricia HUFF was my biological mother. For a very short time I lived with her during this time and I am one of the children mentioned in the article. Strange thing is, even though I was only 9 or 10 yrs old, I remember bits and pieces about this and not too long ago asked my sister, who is older than I, about memories I had about hearing something about this trial and she had no idea what I was talking about..The thing that does surprise me is that Patricia HUFF was a police officer in any fashion...no one in our family ever knew that. Her name prior to HUFF was SCHWEITZER, she married HUFF about 1962-63.(and the newspaper is right, she had many, many names.....) She also worked with the District Attorney's office, and with Mr. Clarence SEVERIN on many cases and they became life long friends. Mr SEVERIN figured prominently also in the well known murder case of Burton ABBOTT, in the book A TRAIL OF CORN.(in the 1950's in Oakland / Alameda / Berkeley) Any information about Patricia HUFF, (SCHWEITZER) and her career as a police woman and i particular what preceeded and followed this mis- trial. When she died she had no longer been HUFF for over 20 years (family still living) I apologize for the length. Cris <errors contained are copied exactly) fro the OAKLAND TRIBUNE "MARTINEZ Dr. Lawrence Giiubbini, 60. and Dr. Joseph Sieff. 51, stand acquitted today of all abortion charges they faced in a Superior Court action which ended here Tuesday in a mis- .nal. District Atty. John A Nejedly, n an unusual court action, asked for a mistrial after a woman witness for the prosecution, an undercover police agent, refus- d to answer personal questions asked by the defense. Superior Judge Martin E Rothenberg, who granted the mistrial, said today that dismis- sal oi all the charges against the defendants was automatic when the prosecution requested a mis- trial A second trial on those charges would be considered double jeopardy, the judge explained. Dr. Giubinni, a chiropractor, who now resides in San Ansel- mo, had been charged with three counts of abortion, two counts of soliciting women for abortion and conspiracy. Dr. Sieff, of San Leandro, a former associate of Dr. Giubin- ni, was charged with a single count each of abortion, soliciting and conspiracy. The reluctant witness, Mrs. PATRICIA HUFF, was held in con- tempt of court by Judge Rothen- berg. She will appear before him Monday for sentencing. Mrs. HUFF said later she could not identify her children in open court nor answer certain ques- tions about her personal life be- cause such information would endanger the welfare of her family. She said she had been assured by officials in charge of her un- dercover police work that she would not be required to reveal her full identity and that of her family in testimony about the case." taken from the OAKLAND TRIBUNE MAY 27-28 1964