Word: jailing
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...bought a house in a white residential district and then resold it to a Negro war veteran, Andrew Wade. The house was later dynamited by terrorists, and Braden was convicted in court of destroying the house to further his political interests. He was sentenced to 15 years in jail, but is appealing this sentence...
...Grand Jury investigation following the explosion, Braden was convicted of bombing his house for his own political ends and was sentenced, under a rarely-used sedition law, to 15 years in jail and a $5000 fine. He will speak on the significance of this case in civil rights...
Testimonial. In Hawthorne, Calif., Donald Lee Summers was sentenced to 60 days in jail when he showed up drunk for his arraignment on an intoxication charge, grumped: "I came to California for the hospitality, and this is what...
...King of the Mountains is locked in jail, and he too dreams of the beloved land," sang Calabrian emigrants in America at the turn of the century when young, handsome, black-mustachioed Giuseppe Mustlino was first imprisoned. Few soldiers of fortune before or since have become so legendary in so short a time. Producing romantic bandit heroes sometimes seems to be a major industry in Sicily, Sardinia and southern Italy. But bandits, though they make news nearly every week, aren't what they used to be-and Musolino's reputation survives in ballads still sung. A young woodcutter...
...Away Plan. In Passaic, N.J., after being arrested for the third time for beating his wife, Allen Irving complained that his 90-day jail sentence would be a "hardship," was told by Magistrate H. Dick Cohen: "We'll make an exception in your case; you can come to jail every Saturday night and stay until Sunday night-for [a total of] 90 days...