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Title
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Bram Fischer Collection
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Alternative Title
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State v. Abram Fischer: Indictment on Charges of Sabotage, Contraventions of the Suppression of Communism Act, Fraud, Forgery and Uttering
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Indictment of Abram Fischer
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Attorney-General of the Transvaal Province v. Abram Fischer
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Description
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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.
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Date Issued
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1964
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Provenance
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Transferred to Cory Library as part of the archival holdings documenting apartheid-era legal proceedings.
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Genre
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Legal documents
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Court records
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Indictments (Criminal law)
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Contributor
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Supreme Court of South Africa (Transvaal Provincial Division)
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Format
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application/pdf
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Identifier
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State_v_Fischer_Indictment_Transvaal_1964
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Source
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Supreme Court of South Africa (Transvaal Provincial Division), case file relating to Abram Fischer
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Temporal Coverage
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1960s
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Apartheid era (1948–1994)
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Access Rights
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This material is provided for research, teaching, and private study.
Permission may be required for reproduction or publication beyond fair use.
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Issuance
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monographic