Marcus Garvey, standing on his constitutional rights, continued to conduct his own defense in his trial for misuse of the mails in promoting the Black Star Line (TIME, June 11).
"It would save time," Judge Mack, who was presiding, told Mr. Garvey, "if I should state now that every objection made by you heretofore has been overruled. You took an exception in every case and that only delayed the procedure. I am not conducting a school for lawyers."
Among the witnesses called by Garvey were "Sir" James O'Mealley, a master of Calaba College, Jamaica...
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