Word: pleas
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...called Dedham Trial, which is followed by a very detailed examination of the legal controversy which raged after the conviction of the defendants. The unofficial part of this battle centered around articles written by Justice (then Professor) Felix Frankfurter of the Harvard Law School in favor of the defendants' plea for new trial, and by Northeastern's Dean Wigmore for the sustainment of the verdict. The official part included a series of motions for new trial, all of which were denied, and a final petition for executive clemency which was also denied by Governor Fuller and his Advisory Committee...
...plea from Radcliffe's 20 Walker st. for a basement smoker and recreation room got a financial "thumbsdown" from Radcliffe Building and grounds superintendent, T. Dawson Blamire yesterday...
Neither the Truman nor Wallace forces have announced any plans for a last-minute plea to College voters. The Wallaceites will join a parade tonight in downtown Boston, however...
Miss Clark, who will stay in the Council as a non-official member, made a strong plea for new freshman workers in the organization...
...Mitchum dope case, troubles kept multiplying. Having failed to get the marijuana indictment dismissed, the droopy-eyed film star and two codefendants, all pleading "not guilty," would have to stand trial. Two days after her courtroom appearance, Dancer Vickie Evans, who would get a further hearing on her dismissal plea, was picked up in a 3:30 a.m. raid on a gambling joint. The charge: vagrancy. Hinting that she was being persecuted, Vickie cried: "I'm through with Hollywood. I want to go home to Philadelphia." Starlet Lila Leeds was being sued for return of a $1,000 engagement...