Biography
Harry Sacher was a defense attorney at the 1949 Foley Square trial of the eleven Communist Party leaders. For his courtroom defense, Judge Harold Medina found him in contempt and sentenced him to prison; the Supreme Court upheld the contempt convictions of the lawyers in 1952 (Sacher v. United States), and he was also subjected to disbarment proceedings.
The Supreme Court’s Sacher record identifies Harold Medina as the judge who imposed the Foley Square contempt sentences on the defense lawyers.
The National Guardian’s May 8, 1952 report states that federal Judge Carroll C. Hincks did not find the alleged conspiracy by the Foley Square defense lawyers established but nevertheless permanently disbarred Harry Sacher at that time. The paper reports that Hincks found no moral turpitude and characterized Sacher’s conduct as excessive zeal. This records a historical disciplinary ruling, not a present bar-membership claim or additional imprisonment.
Contemporary legal-defense report, National Guardian, May 8, 1952, page 3.
