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...Elizabeth R. Bernkopf, who covered for the International News motions made in 1923 for a retrial, said that Judge Thayer presented her with an unsolicited autographed photograph of himself and referred to Attorney Moore as a "long-haired anarchist." He said he could not be "hoodwinked" and that nobody "could put anything over...
That case rests partly upon the contention that Messrs. Sacco and Vanzetti, because of their avowed Communistic principles, did not receive a fair trial owing to prejudice against their political beliefs partly upon the contention that since their conviction, important new evidence has developed sufficient to justify a retrial. Sacco-Vanzetti sympathizers, quoting from the trial records, point out 815?. Prosecutors Katzmann and Williams stressed the facts that Messrs. Sacco and Vanzetti had ln 1917, dodged the draft by going to Mexico, that both were Reds of the most crimson hue. Cross-examining Mr. Sacco, District Attorney Katzmann drew from...
...decision is again against the defendants further appeal would have to be based on a point of law. If this were granted the case would go before the Supreme Court of Massachusetts which would have to decide on whether the defendants deserve a retrial...
...jury at Dayton, since the trial judge (John T. Raulston) had been in error in fining Teacher Scopes $100 (only a jury can impose a fine greater than $50 in Tennessee and the Scopes jury fixed no fine) ; that the only way to correct this error was through a retrial; but that "all of us agree that nothing is to be gained by prolonging the life of this bizarre case. On the contrary, we think the peace and dignity of the State, which all criminal prosecutions are brought to redress, will be subserved by the entry of a nolle prosequi...
Earl Carroll: "I sailed last week for Manhattan from England, where I have just been enjoying a quiet holiday before my forthcoming Manhattan retrial for perjury (TIME, May 31) in connection with a party, at which one of my chorus girls emerged naked from a bath of champagne. Dining in London with a dramatic critic, I remarked: 'I find that in America leg shows bring cultured people all around me. In fact. I might be a prizefighter.' 'Then you would be popular over here,' said he. 1 replied: 'I might even be made Knight...