Word: alberta
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...good men and true make a jury in Alberta. Before them Miss MacMillan appeared as her own star witness in cool summer hat and frock. She faced the impassive Premier with a story of how at a picnic in tiny Edson when she was 18 he told her she was a very handsome woman, mentioned the opportunities for employment in Edmonton and said that Mrs. Brownlee would keep an eye on her if she chose to come to Alberta's metropolis. She came, got a secretarial job in the Attorney-General's office, and Mrs. Brownlee was always...
...name only and that this drove him nearly frantic. "He told me he needed me as a pal," testified Miss MacMillan. "I told him that if I did such a thing it would be a sin. He told me that he could not go on as Premier of Alberta unless I would give in to him. I seemed to be under a spell. He seemed to be playing with me like a cat plays with a mouse. I couldn't stop going out with him. His influence was too strong...
...months of going out with the Premier of Alberta in his motor car on starry nights were described by Miss MacMillan without coming to the point until counsel for the Premier cut in : "He made a proposition to you to part with your honor...
...reporting such bits of the trial as this. Alberta Opposition papers went to such lengths last week that Mr. Justice Ives before whom the suit was being heard decided there had been contempt of court by reporters and their publishers...
Just before the six-man jury retired Premier Brownlee withdrew his counter suit for damages, saying "I desire only vindication of my honor." To grant or not to grant the Premier's desire the jury debated for four hours and 45 minutes, then brought forth lusty Alberta cheers by finding him guilty of seduction and awarding damages of $10,000 to Miss MacMillan and $5,000 to her father...