Word: counseled
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Jury*; acquitted Walter S. Ward after three hours of deliberation. All present appeared to be surprised at the speedy verdict except Ward himself, who preserved his appearance of complete confidence till the very end. Though his personal attorney broke down and the eyes of his trial counsel, Judge Mills, filled with tears on hearing the verdict, Ward remained cool and calm, if not cynical. One of the jurymen stated after the trial that it was Ward's absolute appearance of confidence and of " sheer decency" that led the jury to determine he could not have killed Sailor Peters in cold...
...will be conducted by Professor W. J. Cunningham and others to assist men who are to become traffic managers of industrial concerns or who intend to enter the traffic department of railroad service. Several lectures on the principles of rate-making will be given by E. J. Rich Commerce Counsel, Associated Industries of Massachusetts...
...chief counsel for Ward is ex-Justice Isaac N. Mills, formerly of the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court. He is perhaps the most respected member of the Westchester County...
While the bitterness of counsel has been almost unparalleled, Justice Wagner has been able to hold the bucking legal broncos well in hand. He is the calm, confident, dominating figure of the court room. He handles the lawyers much as a school teacher would handle unruly primary children. While authoritative in his manner, he is not autocratic or haughty. His main endeavor is to preserve order and obedience, and to have the proceedings possess the dignity of a trial rather than resemble the wranglings in a barroom...
...feet and hurried from the court. Justice Wagner refused to enlighten reporters as to his reasons. Whatever the outcome of the case, one thing is sure-it is being proved that a man, no matter how rich, no matter how influential, no matter how generously endowed with astute counsel, must bow to the yoke of the Law. Over the portals of the court house where the case is being tried, appears: "To no man will we sell, delay or deny justice...