Word: arrest
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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After the arrest at Londonderry of Eamonn de Valera, President of the Irish "Republic" (TIME, Nov. 3) the police removed him under strong guard to Belfast, where he was tried and condemned to one month's imprisonment, although the maximum term of incarceration prescribed is two years...
...frantic haste with which the 62 Communists dashed out of the building and sought their funk-holes in various parts of Germany. The reason was that as soon as the Reichstag had been dissolved, they, ipso facto, were no longer deputies and therefore were not immune from arrest...
...precise nature of the causes of the crash were obscure. A warrant for his arrest on a charge of fraud was, however, issued; but the bird had flown, allegedly with securities of high value. The Austrian State said that if he deposited $4,200,000, he could return unmolested...
...training to be given will be in its upbuilding of the police officer's knowledge of his precise relationship to the community which he serves, both in its legal and its social aspects. It is quite as important that a police officer should know when not to make an arrest as when to make...
This is true for several reasons. One is that a police officer, not the municipality appointing him, is liable in a civil suit for negligent or illegal acts. A verdict against him in a suit for false arrest might easily sweep away the savings of a lifetime...