WASHINGTON (AP) -- Iraq War protester Cindy Sheehan was found guilty Thursday of demonstrating without a permit outside the White House, a misdemeanor carrying a $50 fine.Twenty-six other defendants also were convicted at the end of a two-day trial before U.S. Magistrate Alan Kay today. Sheehan, who demonstrated against the war for several weeks near President Bush's ranch in Crawford, Texas, and the others were among 300 arrested September 26 while trying to deliver petitions calling for an end to the war. Some sat on the sidewalk outside the White House fence, while others chanted and sang songs. They were taken into custody after refusing police orders to disperse. Kay ordered Sheehan and the other defendants to pay $50.25 to cover their fines and court costs. Sheehan's attorney said he plans to appeal. Sheehan insisted she was not demonstrating, but only petitioning her government and exercising her First Amendment rights. Sheehan plans to return to Crawford next week to continue to press her request for a one-on-one meeting with Bush, who will be spending Thanksgiving at his ranch. Sheehan's soldier-son was killed in Iraq last year.Charges against at least nine were dismissed. (Full story)Copyright 2005 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.