Word: gross
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Gross was arrested a year ago. After four stubborn months in jail, Gross pleaded guilty to bookmaking and talked freely to the grand jury about his police connections. The jury thereupon indicted 21 policemen (some of whom had hastily retired from the force) for taking Gross bribes, and denounced 56 others as "co-conspirators." Gross got out of jail in $25,000 bail, was placed under constant guard as a "material witness...
...Lunch." Judge Samuel Leibowitz at first tried persuasion. But when Gross bolted off the witness stand, the judge growled: "Bring that man back...
...Gross: "I refuse to take the stand...
...Gross: "Why don't you give me the chair and let us get it over with...
Leibowitz: "Face around, Mr. Gross. Sit around straight. You are not at a race track...