Word: court
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...hope that some one might have carelessly moved it from its place. It could not be found in the building, and I was about to leave when I cast my eyes through the north window, and, strange to say, there I saw my net stretched across another man's court. At first I concluded that the "borrowers" must be some innocent freshmen, who doubtless supposed that the nets were public property, furnished by the college authorities for the general use of the students; but, to my surprise, they were seniors, and men who certainly knew that the net was private...
...case of the United States against "Bill" Jones, who is charged with attempting to kill Guiteau by shooting at him, was called in the Criminal Court at Washington yesterday...
EDITORS HARVARD HERALD : Your editorial Friday morning speaks of Gen. Butler as "a man who has expressed a desire to hang all Harvard professors." This is a mistake, and it is incredible on the face of it. He once said in court, when the testimony of a Harvard professor was quoted by opposing counsel as entitled to great weight, "Oh, we hanged one of them not long ago," referring to Dr. Webster, who murdered Dr. Parkman. This is a somewhat different version of the matter. The New York Herald's remark on your first page refers to this...
...dozen or more tennis courts have been laid out, and between one and three o'clock daily every court is occupied. A few are endeavoring to introduce lacrosse, but the accomplishment of their purpose is doubtful...
...Senator J. B. Henderson and H. A. Cunningham of St. Louis indulged in a fight in the court room yesterday...