Word: court
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Zatrzymac. In Stamford, England, Jan Rogowski, accused of dangerous driving, explained to the court: "I saw the 'Halt' sign, but by the time I had translated the word into my own language [zatrzymac, Polish for halt], I was in the middle of the crossroad and had a collision...
Portia Faces Life. In St. Louis, Mrs. Lillian A. Shenker, serving her first day as provisional judge in City Court, explained why she had fined a man $50 for beating his wife but had dismissed the case of another man charged with cuffing his girl friend: "The wife . . . has to live with [her husband] and can't escape . . . but the other man had beaten his girl before and experience should have taught her what to expect...
...more striking coming from the man who, as Senator, had done so much to steer Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal through Congress, had been rewarded with Supreme Court robes and a Cabinet...
...took the stand. He was Henry Julian Wadleigh, whom Chambers had identified as a onetime member of the Communist apparatus in Washington. Though he had refused to answer questions by the House Un-American Activities Committee on the ground that he might incriminate himself, he had obviously come to court in a mood to tell...
Hearth & Home. In Manhattan, Mrs. Betty Jo Hill, suing for alimony, told the court that her husband "ignored me completely and devoted himself exclusively to watching the television programs." In Denver, police learned that Private Sam Fowler, hospitalized with a bullet wound in his hip, had criticized his wife's cooking; she took five shots at him with a .38 revolver. In Vancouver, B.C., Mrs. Constance McLeod got a divorce after testifying that her husband bit a piece out of their marriage certificate and threatened to make her eat the rest...