Word: ransoming
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...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...
...lawyer of distinction, William L. Ransom brings to the Conference wide knowledge of public utility law and of the course of legal progress and education. Graduated from the Cornell Law School in 1905, he was identified with the Presidential campaign of Theodore Roosevelt in 1912, and then took up various duties with the New York Public Service Commission. In 1917 Ransom was Republican and Fusion candidate for the position of District Attorney of New York...
...Ransom will share speaking honors with President Conant and Dr. Lubin and will be introduced by State Senator Henry Parkman Jr. '14, at the banquet which will take place in the Adams House dining hall...