Word: juror
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Chicago John C. Braschler, accused of operating a confidence game, failed to appear in court when his case was called. Explained his lawyer, "He's a juror in a criminal case in another court." "What kind of a case?" the court inquired. Replied the lawyer: "Operating a confidence game...
Happy was Lawyer Reilly to win his first Supreme Court case on a far-reaching issue which would establish a precedent throughout the land in black & white murders. Happier still was Alfred Scott Aldridge who, if prosecuted again, will have the right to question every juror on race prejudice...
...Detroit at the trial of Ted Pizzino, Joe Bommarito and Angelo Livecchi for the murder of Radio Announcer Gerald E. ("Jerry") Buckley (TIME, Aug. 4), a juror complained that he could not hear the testimony because of the popping of photographers' flashlights. Judge Edward J. Jeffries chided him: "Please be patient. The safety of the administration of criminal law is publicity...