Word: courtroom
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Francisco courtroom two wom en glared at one another last week. One was pretty Mrs. James Rolph III, daughter-in-law of the late Governor of Califor nia. The other was buxom, bespectacled Mrs. Frank Carreaud, Texas turfwoman. What brought them to court was one of the strangest suits ever laid before a jury...
...brother. High point in the picture, as it was in legend the low point in the career of Lawyer Fallon, is a scene in which he tosses off a vial of poison before the jury to show how harmless the State's evidence is, hurries out of the courtroom after the acquittal to get his stomach pumped. One remarkable feature of The Man Who Talked Too Much was a suggestion by Warner's publicity department to theatre owners that lawyers in their communities might get some helpful hints by watching Steve Forbes in action. Another remarkable feature...
...Rutherfordton, N. C., a man charged with assaulting his wife pleaded guilty, said he would prove it. Thereupon he strode across the courtroom, smacked her face. Sentence: two years for assault, six months for contempt...
...Petitioner Kay, the session marked her first appearance in a courtroom. Her husband, interviewed, said proudly: "She's no prude. She listens to a nice joke. She don't tell them, but she listens to them." With the philosopher's works under his arm, Justice McGeehan left court. In a blistering 17-page decision he held...
...lawyer Baker left the courtroom last week to attend his newborn infant, the Alcoa suit had already smashed all long-distance records for U. S. court cases. Yellow with age are the early pages of testimony in its 61-volume record. Stacked high in the courtroom are the 68 volumes holding 1,462 exhibits. Still the end is not in sight. Maybe next June, the Alcoa case's second anniversary. Maybe not before election next November. When it does come, it will not be the end. The U. S. Supreme Court will write the final chapter...