Word: pleadingly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...original plan called for about 200 arrests a week but there have been far more. As of December 16, 1952, the total number of arrests in 37 centers of the Union was 8,057. Some of these volunteers were white people. When arrested, almost all resisters plead guilty and serve the jail sentences. Many are sentenced to caning because the jails are over-crowded...
When Nana Sita, president of the Transvaal Indian Congress, was sentenced to jail, he read a statement to the court: "I have deliberately and willfully committed a breach of the law under which I am charged. This I have done in full knowledge of its implications . . . . I do not plead for mitigation or mercy. I have decided to go to gaol so that my suffering and the suffering of the oppressed people of this land may ultimately bring about the conditions which will make South Africa a happy country for all, regardless of race, colour, or creed...
...friend of mine know where he could get the engraving made for $1.50, apparently the normal price for such a small job if you go to a printer who can run it on with some other material of his own. If having a friend is a crime I plead guilty. The 'Crimson Press charged me $6.00 for the printing job with no extra charge for 3-day service. What the complainant does not seem to realize is that once a block of a print is made, it is a routine job to print any number of copies. The remaining...
...Paris pavements were icy that day, and bulky, baggy-eyed Rene Mayer, on his way to the National Assembly to plead support for a new government of France, slipped and staggered. Said he: "In my place, an ancient Roman would take it as an ill omen and go home. But modern courtesy forbids it. I believe they are waiting for me in this House." They were, but there too the ground was slippery...
...Officer McDermott . . . was generous in listing my speed as 65, when both he and I knew I was going somewhat faster ... I will be unable to appear as my ship has . . . sailed away with me upon it. I ... fly a jet fighter airplane based on an aircraft carrier ... I plead guilty [but] I would caution you to submit any financial claims rapidly because jet flying . . . has turned out to be somewhat hazardous. The odds are roughly three to one that if I don't receive your assessment within the next six weeks you will receive an 'addressee deceased...