Word: courtroom
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...cadet is in love with his young step mother, who has married his ancient soldier father for reasons unexplained. There is a murder, the cadet is accused refuses to speak to save his mother sweetheart's honor, and in general displays all the noble qualities of man. After a courtroom scene of strange procedure the mystery is solved and the situation ends substantially where it began...
Without comment Coroner Flint called the next witness, a lawyer representing Hugo Voss's estranged brother Albert Jr., who told a story that set.every neck a-crane in the little courtroom...
...repute, during the war, where her clean life has finally rewarded her with the job of madame. The worldly-wise young soldier reforms, when he learns that it is his mother who has confessed to his murder, and they depart for happiness in America, as Money-bags leaves the courtroom with a frown of frustration...
...defense won and lost a point. Judge Horton ruled that prima facie evidence had been established that the Morgan County jury roll was allwhite. Counsel Leibowitz then moved that Negro talesmen be considered for the present jury, a proposal which brought to horrified Southerners visions of carpetbagging days. The courtroom was tense when Judge Horton softly said: "Motion denied...
...been selling out Russia to Poland for 13 years. He admitted his "brother" was a brother-agent. He admitted he had deliberately mismanaged grain collections to lower the grain supply and ruin peasants. The Ogpu council members looked silently at one another. They did not even leave the courtroom to pass sentence. Certain of the justice of this one perfect execution they marched him outside and shot him at once. Later on the same day the other 34, whose crimes were more debatable, were shot equally dead...