Word: jails
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...That was why he found himself in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia. After a ten-day trial and acting under specific, simple instruction from Judge William Hitz, the jury pronounced Mr. Sinclair guilty of contempt-a misdemeanor punishable with one to twelve months in a "common jail," and a fine ranging from...
Justice Hitz was soon expected to refuse Mr. Sinclair's motion for a new trial and to pronounce his sentence. But Mr. Sinclair is a long way from jail. He will carry his case to the District of Columbia Court of Appeals and to the U. S. Supreme Court if necessary. Said he: "This is only the first inning...
...Under the present Ontario law (that the new bill may replace) the sale of 4.4% beer and whiskey on a doctor's prescription is permitted. Many bootleggers flourish. The new bill makes sure that liquor will only be sold through government stores by a provision for compulsory jail sentence without option of a fine for the unauthorized sale of as much as one bottle of liquor...
...jail, the "capitalistic bastille," threatened. The great War broke out; on a soap box in the Public Square, Cleveland, Comrade Ruthenberg shouted, "War is mass murder." He was indicted, sentenced to one year in jail...
Last week the High Court at Weimar found Herr Graefe guilty of malicious slander, sentenced him to three months in jail. Indignant friends of Dr. Stresemann explained once again that his wife has a rich bachelor brother who delights to open his purse and let Frau Stresemann entertain herself, her friends, Dr. Stresemann's friends, at lavish semi-official functions quite beyond the Stresemann means...