Word: raying
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Preston Battle, criminal court judge in Tennessee's Shelby County, is determined to keep the trial of James Earl Ray from turning into a courtroom circus. To make sure, Battle has issued a code of procedure that, among other things, prohibits any prejudicial, out-of-court discussion of the case by the principals. Last week, with the trial of Martin Luther King's alleged assassin still more than a month away, Battle made it clear that he meant what he said. He not only found Ray's lawyer and private detective guilty of contempt, but he issued...
...jurist's wrath was the behavior of Defense Attorney Arthur J. Hanes Sr. Hanes has not only talked to the press about the possibility of a Communist conspiracy in the King murder, but has also complained bitterly about the sheriff's unusually strict guard over Ray. Some of his protests were dutifully echoed by Defense Detective Renfro Hays. Like good courthouse reporters anywhere, Roy Hamilton of the Memphis Press-Scimitar and Charles Edmundson of the Memphis Commercial Appeal printed the complaints...
...Ray's Rights. No one denies that Ray is being guarded with extraordinary zeal. Since his extradition from England last July, he has been kept in a third-floor cell in the Memphis courthouse, watched over by two ever-present deputies. Eight bright mercury-vapor lamps burn at all times. Two closed-circuit TV cameras are always trained on the cell. Except when Ray is conferring with his lawyer, a microphone listens in. Only one other murder suspect in the U.S. is currently being held under such strict security provisions. That man is Sirhan Sirhan, who will stand trial...
Hanes has protested what he called the "cruel and unusual punishment" of his client. But at last week's hearing, Judge Battle saw no violation of Ray's rights. He described the security measures as "reasonable." Even more exasperating to the judge was the defense's out-of-court suggestion that Ray's sanity may be in danger. Such talk, Battle said, was "extremely prejudicial and constitutes a clear and present danger" to picking an impartial jury and holding a fair trial. Certainly, the state's case might be damaged if any jurors felt that...
Harvard's offense was devastating whenever it appeared on the field against Bucknell. Quarterback George Lalich looked a little smoother and more confident, halfback Ray Hornblower was cutting a little sharper and the two sophomore ends, Pete Varney and Bruce Freeman, continued to impress nearly everyone...