Word: rayner
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...first time in his career he was five minutes late. Otherwise Rayner Goddard, 81, gave no sign that this day in court would be different from any other in his twelve years as Lord Chief Justice of England. With his crimson robe sweeping the ground, his luxuriant wig, as usual, just a trifle askew, he strode into the paneled courtroom one day last week, seated himself in his big leather chair, jotted a note or two with a tiny silver pencil, and after fumbling with his ever-precarious pince-nez motioned for the session to begin. He seemed oblivious...
Though the office, if not the title, of the Lord Chief Justice goes back to 1268, few of its occupants have become so much of a legend in their own lifetime as Rayner Goddard. Unlike one famed predecessor. Sir Edward Coke, he made no great contribution to English law, but his blunt style and sharp knowledge of the law made him one of the most feared and respected men in England. The son of a London solicitor who had heard law around the house since childhood, Goddard, after Oxford, once stood for Parliament as the "Purity Candidate" against...
...things go at that. Despite the fact that no penalty had been imposed for his willfulness, he appealed his case. Last week seven judges of Britain's High Court decided that Harry was technically guilty and liable for ?500 in costs. However, said Lord Chief Justice Rayner Goddard: "For the police to demand an identity card from all and sundry except when looking for a stolen car or criminals, is wholly unreasonable." His words, most regimented Britons agreed, gave the moral victory to Harry. "Every man and woman in Britain," crowed the Daily Mail, "will soon share...
...Chuck Rayner, goaltender of the New York Rangers, today was voted the David Hart Trophy as the most valuable player in the National Hockey League...
...RAYNER GETS HART TROPHY...