Word: ransoming
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Ransom...
...impression that I wish to correct is that the American of fairly modest means desiring to view the Coronation must first possess himself of a king's ransom, and then be satisfied to sleep on a billiard table, and I am sure that you will be willing to cooperate with me in removing any such impression that your article may have tended to create...
...seized Candidate Kelly, bundled him into a darkened automobile and drove toward the State line but did not cross it. In the preliminary scuffle Jeremiah Kelly tripped & fell trying to get away, broke a leg. Oscar Snatch was convicted on the ground that he had kidnapped his rival for "ransom or reward or otherwise." Since the victim was missing seven days, the law presumed he had been transported in interstate commerce. The jury chose to believe a State line had been crossed, recommended the death penalty because Candidate Kelly had not been released unharmed...
Last speaker was William L. Ransom, former president of the American Bar Association, who voiced the opinion that it was the duties of the judiciary to hand down impartial judgment based upon the laws of the nation. It is dangerous to consider its function one of determining constitutional questions. That is the job of the people and the legislature
...clock: Banquet--Adams House Dining Hall. Speakers: Hon. William L. Ransom, Dr. Isador Lubin, President Conant. Toast master--Hon. Henry Parkman...