Word: court
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...thought that the sentence of death imposed upon the Nihilists will be commuted to penal servitude. The prisoners were ably defended in court...
Roscoe Conkling will probably be confirmed as associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States today. His nomination was favorably reported to the Senate in executive session, yesterday...
...Haven Tenney was called as a witness in a Delaware court and when the judge asked him his name and he answered, "Haven Tenney," the judge remarked that every man has a name, the witness was trying to insult the court, and was therefore fined $10. Some men are cussed with mean cognomens. - [Post...
...Pratt, Elmira, N. Y., confessed the whole story about the kidnapping of Oliver B. Dueing, with the consent of his assistants. As a result, he, William T. Hitchcock of Youngstown, O., and W. Cook Belknap of Newburg, N. Y., were held in $1000 to the June Superior Court. Judson S. Dutcher of Ellenville, N. Y., and Samuel M. Bevin of Easthampton, were discharged on that charge, but held in $1000 each on another hazing case. Twenty-two students are held in $100 each to appear as witnesses. Three of the boys implicated in the Dueing scrape have left the country...
...glove fight has been interrupted in New Haven, Ct., and the participants brought before the court. The defence will show that glove boxing is practised for prizes in the Yale Gymnasium...