Word: counseling
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Under the direction of Major John W. Cost, Judge Advocate Corps, ministers in training will act as Judge Advocate (prosecutor), defense counsel, and other court officials. The trial, officially termed a Moot General Court, will try a chaplain for violation of Articles of War 95 and 96, comprising conduct unbecoming an officer...
...There were none of the highlights which Hollywood had led us to expect." The Daily Mail noted: "The American court . . . was an atmospheric cross between a quiet morning on the Corn Exchange and an orderly company meeting." Biggest surprise to the British was absence of formality. "The Counsel who wishes to raise a point of law does not begin, 'My Lord, would you be so good as to allow me to draw the attention of the court, etc.' He stands up or even leans back in his chair and says, 'I object.' Just like that...
Oscar Sidney Cox, 36, a tall, tweedy, drawling Yankee lawyer from Portland, Me., has a formal job in the Justice Department (where he is now helping prosecute the eight Nazi saboteurs) and an even bigger sideline as general counsel on Lend-Lease. He drafted the original Lend-Lease bill, has since helped administer it. He scrapes up supplies, gets them shipped as often as he can. A government career man since 1938, Oscar Cox has had many bosses in the Capital: they all call him "the smartest damn lawyer in Washington...
...lawyers handled the prosecution, four the defense. Significantly, one of the saboteurs (gaunt George John Dasch) had separate counsel, leading to the speculation that he had turned state's evidence. As the evidence kept pouring in, General McCoy grew almost garrulous. He said it would be a long trial...
...former anti-trust lawyer (once general counsel for TVA) and a longtime opponent of radio "monopoly," Larry Fly faced no dearth of problems or opponents...