Word: numismatist
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...convicted of burglary and acquitted of a larceny charge at one trial. Benton had sought a new trial on the burglary charge, but instead was retried-and convicted-on both charges. > In a California decision, the I. most important of the three, the court reversed the conviction of a numismatist named Ted Chimel, who was sentenced to prison in 1966 for stealing rare coins. When police arrested Chimel at his home in Santa Ana, Calif., they examined the premises without a search warrant and found some of the stolen coins. Such searches are common. Many police departments, seeking to avoid...