At trial prosecution testimony was changed and clear evidence of innocence was explained away by prosecution experts and law enforcement officers.
According to prosecution testimony, she said: "Orphans of the Pacific, you really are orphans now.
His mood contrasted sharply with earlier court appearances, when he would sometimes doze off at the defense table and sleep through prosecution testimony.
Judge Degnan issued the not-guilty ruling on April 13 after hearing two days of prosecution testimony in secret.
Francis Heaulme was heard again, with prosecution testimony against him.
The final day of prosecution testimony on Friday involved a possible gap between the front teeth of one assailant.
The case reached trial on January 2, 1979, with prosecution testimony by Hoy and Ken Campbell.
Much of the prosecution testimony tried to prove that the Freemen's central activity in Jordan was to try to pass bogus financial instruments as real.
He and the other parties in the case had just returned to the courthouse for a reading of prosecution testimony the jury wanted to hear.