Word: pardoned
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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There were two speakers at the meeting. The first, W. R. Taylor '36, presented a detailed account of the trial of the nine Scottsboro boys accused of rape, and pointed out the miscarriage of justice due to racial prejudice. Petitions for their immediate and unconditional pardon were passed to the listeners...
...Defense Committee asked and was granted a trial on the one untried indictment. District Attorney Matthew Brady withdrew from the case because he said he did not have sufficient evidence to convict, did not believe Mooney guilty. If he wins his trial, Mooney will have basis for a new pardon plea...
...Pardon me," said President Patterson, "but. just as a matter of form, what security can you give...
...lover said goodbye for the last time. (He was killed by a mob in Sweden, in 1810.) To the bitter end Marie Antoinette played out the rest of her part becomingly. When she mounted the overcrowded platform of the guillotine, she stepped on somebody's foot, begged his pardon with her last words...
...concluded as she went off to the kitchen. "You'll pardon me. I have to help with the supper now, and believe me these girls eat a lot; they're mostly a good, wholesome, outdoor type...