Word: platt
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...bound by that finding, British-born Judge Harold G. Platt, a member of Tanzania's High Court, spent seven days reviewing the evidence and making up his mind, before announcing his rather qualified agreement...
Concluded Judge Platt: "It may be that with more astute investigation the accused would have been found guilty, but then on the other hand, it is possible that it might have proved to be a clear case of accident. The charge has not been sufficiently proved against the accused so as to enable me to find that he is guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. While the accused must therefore carry with him the suspicion that he may have been responsible for his wife's death, he must, in justice, be acquitted and set free...
...eerie screech of water birds sounded through the open-ended courtroom in Mwanza, a dusty little Tanzanian town on the shore of Lake Victoria. Solemn in his red robes and white wig, British-born Judge Harold Platt, a member of Tanzania's High Court, stepped up to the bench. Ededem Effiwatt, the ponderous, coal-black prosecutor, made ready to represent the state. And an unarmed African policeman stood guard by the prisoner in the dock. Everywhere he looked, Peace Corpsman Bill Haywood Kinsey, 24, a North Carolinian who had been charged with the murder of his wife, was reminded...
After beating Richard Floyran, 5-3. Harvard junior Brian Keidan had to for-felt his two remaining epee bouts because of an upset stomach. The epee team won anyway, 5-4, as Steve Shea won two bouts. Harvard's Ed Platt lost one, but clipped Don Clecak, 5-2, and Floryan...
...team is young but battle-tested, paced by four juniors including center-half Doug Adams and right-halfback Lincoln Platt. As they used to say in Brooklyn, "Walt 'til next year...