Word: bails
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...plainclothesmen from Scotland Yard quietly converged upon the Workers' Movement headquarters in Russell Square near the British Museum. The detectives entered the dingy headquarters building, burst in upon "Wal" Hannington who was talking with a newshawk. Unresisting, Hannington submitted to arrest for inciting a mutiny, was jailed without bail in Bow Street station...
After two days he was released on $50,000 bail. Sick and tired, he returned to the boarding house in Orillia. The outcome seemed certain, and he showed that he knew it. Waving a thin hand at reporters he called. "I'll see you in Chicago...
...representative of A. N. A. S. that Nurse Newcomer, a licensed pilot, joined the flight. She expected to spell Pilot Ulbrich on the 40-hour grind to Rome. When the plane passed over Florence, Italy, Nurse Newcomer, who had taken lessons in parachute jumping, planned to bail out as a gesture in honor of First Nurse Florence Nightingale. Dressed in a white riding habit, she carried a dress which she forgot at the last moment and had to climb out of the plane and fetch, explaining: "It would be terrible if I were to be presented to the King...
...Nations Society. Bursar Machray had been reported in need of money to cover his brokers' loans. Last week he was arrested, charged with having stolen $47,451 of the University funds. Other charges were to be drawn later. Pleading illness, he remained absent from court under $50,000 bail. Meantime the University's governors announced that next year's tuition would be approximately doubled, salaries reduced by 13%. All scholarship loans, even though the principal is missing, would be paid...
...month Embezzler Phelan helped auditors to straighten out his books. Last week he was arraigned on a charge of stealing $1,900, his last peculation. Said he: "I haven't enough money to hire a lawyer, but if I can get out on bail I may be able to find some." A truckman furnished $20,000 bail...