Word: courtroom
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Last week in the prisoner's box of a crowded Toronto courtroom, Ernest V. Sterry squinted through thick glasses at a jury of his peers, stood trial for blasphemy against the Lord God of Christians. In the Christian Enquirer he had written of the God of the Bible as "this irate old party . . . this touchy Jehovah . . . who preferred the savory smell of roast cutlets to the odors of boiled cabbage,* who sat in a burning bush or popped out from behind the rocks" (TIME, Jan. 24). Edward J. Murphy, devout Roman Catholic, prosecuted for the Crown with vigor, called...
Three days later, the twelve jurors, with news in their weary eyes, returned to Judge John C. Knox's Federal courtroom in Manhattan. They had decided without much trouble that onetime (1921-25) Alien Property Custodian Thomas Woodnutt Miller was guilty of conspiracy to defraud the U. S. Government. But 70* hours of argument and sleep under lock and key had failed to produce a verdict on onetime (1921-24) Attorney General Harry Micajah Daugherty, who was closely linked with the alien property fraud. The final vote of the jurors was eleven to one for conviction of Mr. Daugherty...
...drama reaches its peak in a courtroom scene. The brilliant young district attorney is prosecuting a woman, scorned by society, known only by the mysterious name, Madame X. He is on the point of vanquishing her when he discovers she is his own mother. The climax is heavily emotional. Since first seen 18 years ago, it has never failed to draw tears. With this play, Miss Frederick came before her English audience. When the curtain was rung down, women were seen weeping-almost hysterically. Pauline Frederick has a low, beautiful voice, dark, tragic eyes, a well-proportioned figure, slightly more...
Warily, with an eye to the judge, Freedman Norris approached his personal lawyer, Marvin Simpson, held out his arms. They embraced, kissed each other, cried. Bailiffs hustled the courtroom clear. Outside, the dead man's son was forlorn. . . . "I'm sorry for mother. It will hurt...
...jury deliberated briefly; reached their verdict; returned to the courtroom. Defendant Norris had come back. Mrs. Norris and their two boys-J. Frank Jr., 16, home from Culver Military Academy for the excitement, and George Louis, 10-huddled near him. Dexter E. Chipps Jr., 14, stared over at them. Bailiffs and deputy sheriffs stood in pompous readiness to shoot. "The punishment," said Judge Hamilton, "for anyone creating any disturbance or demonstration in this courtroom will be $100 or three days in jail." Then the jury foreman read off the verdict of not guilty...