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...people of this nation have placed in positions of high responsibility. Either they must do what needs to be done'... or they must make way for others who will." (Governor Hammill is a pronounced Lowden man.) Then Governor McMullen said: "The time is past for the farmer to plead for what he should have. The time is here for him to demand what is rightfully his. We should challenge the right of any administration ... to proceed further in the industrialization of the nation at the expense of agriculture...
...During the nineteenth century, they were customarily brought at once before the Supreme Judicial Court, and before a quorum of that Court. The General Statues of 1860 provides that four justices constitute a quorum of the court; and that in capital cases. If the prisoner does not plead guilty, the court may assign him counsel. . Preparatory to a trial to be had before the full court" (122, Sec. 2, 9). In April 1872, the number of justices required was reduced to "two or more" and this remained the practice until...
...first place, the students are placed on probation, the imposed fines are translated into "court expenses", and the records read that the accused plead Polo contendere. Black may be black and white may be white but in this case both the prosecution and the defendants are not to be denied the privilege of claiming a victory. As Luigi Pirandello so well phrases it--"Right you are--if you think...
...function of the Legal Aid Society, as its name implies, is to provide clients unable to afford the services of lawyers with unpaid support. The members of the society are recognized by the courts and may plead their cases as though admitted...
...person. I won't go near the place, and I hope your old party is a total failure, and everybody is sorry they went and nobody has a good time! Now I've said my say, and I don't care how much you try to plead with met I'm going to stay at home while you are holding forth, and am going to cover the ground myself. I wouldn't even think of trying to crash; it isn't worth it, and besides I know I can get along just as well by myself...