Word: courtroom
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Marshal," returned the grave, bearded Justice, "remove that woman from the courtroom...
Morning came. The negotiators, except influenzial Mr. Lewis, appeared in the courtroom of Judge George Murphy, brother of the Governor. They waited till the judge concluded a case. Then court attendants arranged seats, floodlights and movie cameras were carried in. Spectators scrambled over the jury box looking for points of vantage. Governor Murphy took his seat between Wyndham Mortimer, vice president of the Automobile Workers, and General Motors' Executive Vice President William S. Knudsen. The Governor borrowed a pen from Mr. Mortimer. He and Conciliator Dewey signed, next Mr. Knudsen-still with the Union leader's pen- then...
...Justice Hughes, 74, spoke quietly to Justice Van Devanter beside him and Mr. Van Devanter, 77, smiled dourly. But the argument went on to its conclusion, the Justices interrupting occasionally to make inquiries. Finally they rose and filed out in their customary dignity without either the attorneys or the courtroom audience realizing that they had witnessed the reception by the Supreme Court of an historic document: Franklin Roosevelt's message to Congress recommending a reorganization of the judicial branch of the Government-an oil-smooth state paper that packed terrific political punch...
...sole representative of all its employes. After the second day the opposing groups rarely saw each other, the Labor leaders remaining in Judge Murphy's office while the G. M. officials huddled around a telephone in the jury room. When they emerged to stretch their legs in the courtroom at the same time, Capital and Labor remained in opposite corners...
...story in the village newspaper. Simultaneously, the landlady's little boy becomes seriously ill. When she yanks out the tube Dr. Jones has inserted in his throat, the boy dies. The overwrought town then launches a party to lynch both Dr. Jones and Miss Stevens. With masterful courtroom technique, Lawyer Abbott saves the day. A minor investigation of the same mob violence which made Fury one of last year's outstanding pictures, Outcast fails to achieve equal merit because of a top-heavy plot which takes an interminable while to get going...