Word: courtroom
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Dublin in 1864, the world caved in on a Victorian doctor. A leading light in the Irish medical profession, he had been accused before a crowded courtroom of criminally attacking one of his patients, a young woman. The woman was clearly of a durable sort, for she admitted that she had returned to the doctor's office again & again. She also said that in "vengeance" she had circulated scurrilous pamphlets about him, put garlic in the soap-tray of his consulting room. The jury deliberated, found in her favor, assessed the net damage to her reputation and virtue...
...that civilization's taste for justice was jaded, or that preparations for the trial of high Japanese war criminals had been halfhearted. Allied legal authorities had worked on the 55 -count indictment for eight months. Much care had gone into fitting the courtroom with dark, walnut-toned paneling, imposing daises, convenient perches for the press and motion picture cameramen. The klieg lights suggested a Hollywood premiere...
...Leonardo painted his Last Supper, a handsome young bandit, Ezio Barbieri, was on trial last week for his part in the April revolt at San Vittore prison. A woman shouted to Barbieri that his newborn baby weighed 8½ Ibs. Modern Milan's son shouted back across the courtroom: "Is the Tommy gun included in that weight...
...courtroom was spellbound during the three hours of his eager confession. Said a British prosecutor: "A fine speech." Said a Russian colonel: "I am amazed." "It's more than I expected from the ugly one," said Keitel (who had tried to place all responsibility on Hitler). Goring (who had boldly admitted his guilt) sneered at Keitel: "At least one more of us has some guts...
That the Penitentes are also American was disclosed last week as the coming courtroom battle exposed the origins of the quarrel: the new, upstart moradas had been founded by Democrats; the older fraternidad was dominated by Republicans. Though each Penitente scourges only himself, many a Penitente evidently felt that his flesh could best be chastised under a two-party system...