A line of blue police lorries flanked the courthouse as riot police kept back supporters of those detained during the clashes on Thursday.
Police had used truncheons when at least 100 protesters broke into the courtyard of the defence ministry.
Greece may run out of money next month, its prime minister has warned.
Antonis Samaras told the German daily Handelsblatt that his country could only survive until the end of November without the next planned tranche of bailout loans.
At stake is a 33.5bn euro (£27bn; $43bn) instalment from Greece's second bailout of 130bn euros.
The conservative leader said it would be "very difficult" to make further cuts to pensions and wages.
The troika of international lenders - the European Commission, the International Monetary Fund and the European Central Bank - is expecting cuts worth nearly 11.5bn euros in return for the tranche.
Also due to appear in court on Friday were a number of anti-fascist demonstrators arrested earlier this week.
Police could be seen gently moving back supporters of the detainees who had gathered near the courthouse.
During Thursday's unrest, protesters clashed with police both at the defence ministry and outside Greek police headquarters.
When they forced open the shuttered entrance to the defence ministry complex, they crossed the courtyard and blocked the entrance to the general staff building, demanding to meet ministry officials.
Greece's top military officer, Gen Michalis Kostarakos, emerged to speak to them but was heckled with shouts of "thieves!"
"First get off my base," he said, arguing the military had no part in a labour dispute with the government.
Police made scores of arrests, prompting the second protest outside police headquarters, where pepper spray was used to disperse the crowd.
Demonstrators say they have not been paid for several months while their place of work, Hellenic Shipyards, is threatened with bankruptcy.
Operating at less than capacity for months, the shipyards depend on modernisation contracts from the Greek armed forces, which have been suspended or delayed due to the financial crisis.
In a separate development on Thursday, hundreds of farmers on the island of Crete tried to storm the runway of Heraklion airport and clashed with police.
They were protesting against lower tax returns and higher insurance contributions.
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