Word: shawcross
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That Justice Robert Jackson had made a great speech when he opened the Nürnberg trial, the world already knew. Just how great it was the world saw more clearly last week when Sir Hartley William Shawcross, Britain's Attorney General, opened the case for the British prosecution. Sir Hartley is one of Britain's most brilliant jurists. His day-long speech was an impressive, tightly logical, exhaustive dissertation. Yet rarely did it match Jackson's bold attempt to find law in ultimate source-the principles of men- rather than in statute, treaty, precedent...
...Britain-Judge, Lord Justice Sir Geoffrey Lawrence; Prosecutor, Attorney General Sir Hartley William Shawcross...
...Labor Government's new, youngish Attorney General, Sir Hartley Shawcross, opened for the prosecution. In a grave, melodious voice Sir Hartley said: "Members of the jury, today, exactly six years after he entered into the employment of the German broadcasting corporation, William Joyce comes before you on what is the gravest crime...
...score, too, provides a coloristic background for the play. To single out any of the performers for praise is practically impossible; the entire cast is magnificent. Leonard Kent as the hero Michael Ransom performs beautifully in a gruelling role; Earl Montgomery as Lord Stagmantle and Jervis McMechan as Ian Shawcross also give outstanding performances. As a last word, one must mention the impressive sets and stagings. Ransom's death-dream is a triumph of direction...