Word: swore
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...fact remains, however, that Jenkins has received very bad treatment. He was arrested because he was caught with some bandits whom he swore had kidnapped him. As he was a consular agent, of the United States, the Mexican central government has the right to intervene in his behalf. Paragraph VI of Article 104 of the Mexican Constitution promulgated in February, 1917, expressly states that the Mexican federal tribunals shall take cognizance of all cases concerning diplomatic agents and consular officers. The refusal of the Carranza government to interfere can mean only one thing--an international break with the United States...
...school for a year with a bad foot, and I think that accident made him very patient and very kind and thoughtful of other people. He was really held in affectionate regard by more older people than any boy of his age I know, and of course I swore by him, and he by me. He was closer to me than anybody else, and I loved him as my best friend and brother. And now he has been killed...
...Herbert B. Harris and Arthur K. Reading are charged with signing a false certificate in connection with the assessment as a prospective voter of W. Townsend '16, last October. District Attorney Corcoran opened the case for the government, stating that Townsend's home is in Cohasset, and that Harris swore falsely when he certified him. Bernard F. Fallow, of the Cambridge Board of Assessors, was called as the first witness for the government, and testified that Townsend, Harris, and Reading were at the office of the board of assessors on October 11, and that he personally administered the oaths...