Bram Fischer Collection

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