Word: legalism
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Possessors of the document were warned not to reveal the booklet's contents "to any newspaper, as all news of this trial has been suppressed by order of court." There followed in strict legal form the record of a case in which one John Doe, tramp, was tried for the "kidnap and murder" of a 20-month-old child named Charles A. Limberg Jr. on the night of March 1, 1932 near Hoaxwell, N. J. Attorney for the defense convinced a jury that the child had wandered out of his house of his own accord, could have died...
Next thing Russia knew, the 14 tried at Leningrad had been taken out and shot before their sentence was announced. The Government stated that they were denied legal defense to the last. The order to shoot was signed by famed Judge Ulrich who has been signing death warrants in batches these last few weeks during Stalin's campaign of "pure terror" (TIME...
...court has declared nudism is legal in New York State and inasmuch as the laws in all the other States are patterned closely after the New York State law, this decision will undoubtedly serve as a model and precedent for the rest of the States." The nudist decision had immediate effect in Manhattan where seven chorus girls and two managers of a burlesque show were on trial charged with lewdly producing a Hawaiian dance number. As he freed the group, the magistrate declared: "By common acceptance a Hawaiian dance is not an indecent performance. The arresting officer testified that...
...view of the extra-legal "weight of tradition" which by his own statement was an important factor in Mr. Playfair's peculiar recount of the ballots in the recent elections for Senior Marshals it would seem proper to inquire whether or not he had the authority of the Student Council for his actions subsequent to the original count. It would also be interesting to inquire just what Mr. Gibbs, originally co-responsible, had to do. If anything, with recounting, publicizing, and justifying the affair...
Newshawks found General Johnson visiting his mother in Okmulgee, Okla. Snorted he: "Donald is a high official. If he thinks there is libel in this narration, why doesn't he stand on his legal rights in a suit for libel and not attempt to use his position to threaten the freedom of the Press...