The right to political asylum in this country was argued Friday in the United States District Court at a hearing on a writ of habeas corpus to prevent the return to Germany of a non-Jewish opponent of the Hitler regime.
The case came before Judge Alfred C. Coxe, who reserved decision. Otto Richter, who is said to have left Germany in fear of the consequences of outspoken opposition to the Nazi rule, is the individual involved. Arrested in San Francisco after “jumping” ship, he was sent here for deportation.
Osmond K. Frankel represented Richter, who faces imprisonment or death if he is returned to the Reich, on the writ of habeas corpus, while Charles Recht, representing a group of clergymen, filed a brief on their behalf as “friends of the court.”
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