Bram Fischer Collection

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Title: Bram Fischer Collection
Alternative Title: State v. Abram Fischer: Indictment on Charges of Sabotage, Contraventions of the Suppression of Communism Act, Fraud, Forgery and Uttering; Indictment of Abram Fischer; Attorney-General of the Transvaal Province v. Abram Fischer
Creator: Attorney-General of the Transvaal Province (South Africa)
Description: This item consists of the formal indictment issued by the Attorney-General of the Transvaal Province against Abram Fischer, charging him with multiple offences including sabotage under the General Law Amendment Act (Act No. 76 of 1962), contraventions of the Suppression of Communism Act (Act No. 44 of 1950, as amended), and charges of fraud, forgery, and uttering under South African statutory law. The document forms part of the prosecution record in one of the most significant political trials of the apartheid era, reflecting the use of security legislation against anti-apartheid activists and legal practitioners.
Date Issued: 1964
Language: English
Provenance: Transferred to Cory Library as part of the archival holdings documenting apartheid-era legal proceedings.
Type: Text
Genre: Legal documents; Court records; Indictments (Criminal law)
Subject: Fischer, Bram, 1908–1975 — Trials, litigation, etc.; Political trials — South Africa; Sabotage — Law and legislation — South Africa; Anti-apartheid movements — Legal status, laws, etc.; Suppression of Communism Act, 1950 (South Africa); Apartheid — South Africa — Law and legislation; Political prisoners — South Africa
Contributor: Supreme Court of South Africa (Transvaal Provincial Division)
Format: application/pdf
Identifier: State_v_Fischer_Indictment_Transvaal_1964
Source: Supreme Court of South Africa (Transvaal Provincial Division), case file relating to Abram Fischer
Spatial Coverage: South Africa — Transvaal Province
Temporal Coverage: 1960s; Apartheid era (1948–1994)
Access Rights: This material is provided for research, teaching, and private study.
Permission may be required for reproduction or publication beyond fair use.
Issuance: monographic

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The State v Abram Fischer

This item consists of the formal indictment issued by the Attorney-General of the Transvaal Province against Abram Fischer, charging him with multiple offences including sabotage under the General Law Amendment Act (Act No. 76 of 1962), contraventions of the Suppression of Communism Act (Act No. 44 of 1950, as amended), and charges of fraud, forgery, and uttering under South African statutory law. The document forms part of the prosecution record in one of the most significant political trials of the apartheid era, reflecting the use of security legislation against anti-apartheid activists and legal practitioners.