Show Sedition Trial V Comes 10 to End V WASHINGTON ASHINGTON Dec 7 JP- JP P The mass sedition trial ended Thursday I Associate Justice James M M. Proctor declared a mistrial after aUer 22 of the defendants said they did not wish to continue their case under a new judge who would have to be appointed in succession to Chief Justice Edward C. C Eicher who died last week Only one defendant Prescott Bennett expressed a a willingness for the old month trial to proceed Attorneys for th three ee defendants no answered neither yes or The trial opened last April with 30 defendants One later died and three won The mistrial ruling now now puts the future of the case up to Atty Gen Francis Biddle He must decide decide decide de de- cide whether to dismiss the proceeding proceedings proceedings pro pro- or to order an entirely ly hew new start A new trial pr presumably would involve weeks of preliminaries as did this one and the discarding of the present vast record |