Word: pawning
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...case of Sack and Rauh, the stolen goods were found on McLeod's person and a pawn ticket was discovered in his handwriting. On the other two counts, the prosecution offered only the word of Duane...
Cambridge police, who are working on the case with Yard cops, sent three detectives to Leverett yesterday afternoon to get descriptions from Duval. They speculated that stolen watches and other valuables might turn up in local pawn shops in the next few days...
Boston and Cambridge detectives make routine checks of all pawn shops...
Pictorial, widely-read Life magazine however, chose to emphasize the Communist campaign to make McGee a "pawn in the world propaganda war." According to Life, McGee's "bare chance" of escaping the electric chair after his first sentencing vanished when the Communist took up his cause. Whether McGee was guilty or not (and Mr. Luce seemed pretty sure that he was), it is hard to see how Life could so blithely overlook the fact that McGee's first two trials were so badly conducted that they not even satisfy the high court of Mississippi...
...often to be reminded of their obligation. Sample: "I have locked myself up in a country house to put the last touches on the Holländer; the town won't see me again until he flies. Meanwhile, there is urgent business for you. Look at this pawn ticket...