Word: cormier
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...greatest crooks, a colossal liar, and a swindler." President Macaulay sued for libel (TIME, Oct. 24). Publisher Harpell's usual lawyers would not handle the case for him. At first he harped bitterly on this handicap as he pleaded his own defense. Then a lawyer named Calizte Cormier pleaded that Publisher Harpell had done great services to insurance companies, that Sun Life had increased its bond holdings since he began his attacks. Last week at Montreal a jury took 100 min. to reach a decision: guilty with a plea for leniency. Publisher Harpell faced maximum imprisonment of two years...