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Finally Miller gave up, declared a mistrial-and for the fourth time in five years Teamster Boss Jimmy Hoffa walked free from a federal trial...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Freedom of Speech | 1/4/1963 | See Source »

...assailant, planted a dandy right on his jaw; a Hoffa crony then kicked the would-be assassin. The man required 14 stitches in his scalp, was taken away to jail. Taking this incident as evidence of "hostility" against their client, Hoffa's hopeful lawyers swiftly moved for a mistrial. But it would probably take more than BB shot to derail the case against Jim Hoffa...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Hoffa's Fourth | 12/14/1962 | See Source »

...Lawyer Hester finally got the judge's drift and moved for a mistrial on the grounds that the stories gave the jury information it should not have had. Judge Pye immediately ordered a mistrial...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Editing from the Bench | 6/22/1959 | See Source »

...accursed gold of Dongo has claimed another victim," mourned Presiding Judge Agostino Zen. a longtime friend of Aldrighetti. "I must declare a mistrial." It would be months before all the witnesses could be reassembled and new jurors sworn in to go at it all over again...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: The Accursed Gold | 8/26/1957 | See Source »

...mistaken identity, Balestrero was booked, fingerprinted, spent a night in jail, had to face suspicion and publicity, raise $5,000 bond, and defend himself as justice took its ponderous course. His wife cracked under the strain, and was placed in an institution. Even so, Balestrero was lucky. Between a mistrial and preparations for retrial, the real thief was caught, and confessed to the crime...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures, Jan. 14, 1957 | 1/14/1957 | See Source »

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