Word: conviction
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...fascinated by the issue, had gathered for the hearing. Sternly, Prosecutor Rover accused Judge Youngdahl of "astounding language" in his 1953 opinion (which cautioned against requiring "conformity in thought"). "The Government is not trying to put Lattimore's mind in a straitjacket," roared Rover. "We are trying to convict him for lying under oath." Youngdahl's 1953 opinion was "a gratuitous insult to the Government," he declared. "You picked out what was favorable to the defendant and left out what was unfavorable. I want a judge with an open mind and not a judge who has already expressed...
...word of an arresting officer is sufficient evidence to convict a liquor store owner or barkeep of violation of the law. In most cases, the student involved is not arrested...
Scores of Communist leaders have been convicted under the Smith Act of 1940. To convict, the Government had to prove 1) that the accused willingly joined the Communist Party, 2) that he knew the party's practice and purpose, and 3) that the practice and purpose of the party were advocating and striving for the violent overthrow of the U.S. Government...
...Outcast. In Moundsville, W.Va., a convict serving a twelve-month term in the state penitentiary sent out letters to his creditors back home: "I wish you would quit writing those dunning letters . . . They are very damaging to my social position here at the prison...
Died. Roy Best, 54, keg-shaped, iron-fisted,warden of Colorado's Canon City penitentiary; of a heart attack; near Colorado Springs. A onetime cowpuncher, he took charge of the penitentiary in 1932, quickly became the boy wonder of U.S. wardens. Discarding traditional convicts' stripes, he served good food, set up shops to keep prisoners busy and make the prison pay. Fond of the whip and the lash, he boasted that he was tougher than any convict, two years ago was indicted (but never convicted) for flogging five would-be escapees...