Word: sprang
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Government's case took 49 days. At its conclusion, Tucker's attorneys sprang a surprise; they offered no defense witnesses. "After all," said one, "it is impossible to present a defense when there has been no offense." Instructing the jury, Judge Walter J. La Buy said that the primary question was whether Tucker and associates had intended to defraud stockholders or had acted in good faith. Even though they had failed to make cars, said the judge, "good faith is a 'complete defense." This week, after 17½ hours of deliberation, the jury acquitted Tucker and associates...