Word: court
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...against Governor Johnston and quickly passed five of them. With the anti-Johnston forces holding the whip hand, it was practically certain that the remaining articles of impeachment would be passed. The next step would be the suspension of Governor Johnston from office and his trial before the Senate court on charges of general incompetence, official corruption and moral turpitude. The step was taken by a vote of 38 to 5. Automatically Lieutenant-Governor W. J. Halloway became Governor, pending trial of Governor-Suspend Johnston...
...Throughout the evening the other colleges, Stoughton and Massachusetts were in utmost danger. They caught fire numerous times, and could not have been saved by all the help that the town could afford, had it not been for the assistance of the Gentlemen of the General Court. His Excellency the Governor, who is spite of the rigor of the weather was most active in exerting himself in supplying the town engines with water which had to be fetched from a distance, the two college pumps being then rendered useless...
...case to be argued is one of corporation law, concerned with a debt incurred in a poker game, and the binding force, if any, of "debts of honor." The judges are to be the Honorable J. W. Kephart, Justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, presiding; the Honorable H. T. Kellogg, Judge of the Court of Appeals of New York; and the Honorable O. W. Branch '01, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of New Hampshire...
...cases cited, the oral presentation, and the ability to answer questions propounded by the judges. After the decision has been rendered on the basis outlined above, the judges customarily state what the law is, and what the decision would be were it to be tried in an actual court of justice...
...millionaire lover, Edgar Rice. The jury was out only a very short time in forming its decision. The acquittal came as a fitting climax to the brilliant uphill battle staged by attorney for the defense James Dugan, brother of the accused, and was enthusiastically acclaimed by a crowded court house...