[1] These included Andor Bernat, Vilma Kajeso, Donca Simo [ro], Ady Ladislau, Samuel Krug, János Herbák, Ernest Schoen, Ștefan Csazsar, Ana Csazsar, Ștefan Naghi, Leizer Grünberg,[1] Alexandru Drăghici, Liuba Chișinevschi [ro], Alexandru Moghioroș, and Estera Radoșovețki.
[1][2] The main charges set by military prosecutor Colonel Petre Popescu-Cetate[2] against the defendants were "activity against the Romanian state" and disturbing the peace.
Large pro-communist rallies were organized in front of the War Council in Bucharest and, in some cases, the soldiers fired warning shot to calm the crowd.
Pătrășcanu was however required to leave the tribunal, as he had been in the meantime suspended by the Bucharest Bar due to his involvement in the Grivița Strike.
[1] The three leaders of the Communist Party, including Ana Pauker, were found guilty and received the maximum penalty: 20 years in prison and a fine of 100,000 lei.