Homer Locmis Jr., leader of the anti-Semitic, anti-Negro Columbians, was out on $2,000 bail today following his conviction yesterday on charges of inciting to riot. A Superior Court jury deliberated only one half-hour before finding Loom guilty.
In a bitter two-hour summation, Loomis’ father, Homer Loomis Sr., who acted as his attorney, charged that the Columbian leader was being “crucified like Christ by the Jews.” He also said that Loomis was being persecuted because he “dared to criticize organized Jewry.”
Presiding Judge Clark Edwards Jr. stayed execution of the 12-month sentence he had imposed on Loomis, when Loomis Sr. filed a motion for a new trial. The appeal will go to the Georgia Supreme Court.
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