Word: swore
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...conviction of Wingler resulted from a curious chain of circumstances. The son of a neighbor assaulted one of Wingler's daughters, and Wingler swore out a warrant for his arrest. The assailant fled, but the neighbor countered by reporting to the authorities a confession alleged to have been made to him by Wingler in 1893. The arrest and conviction followed, although a strenuous defence was maintained and although the only explanation the neighbor gave for his sudden revelation was that he had recently got religion...
...time of the Washington Conference in November, 1921, it became fairly clear that the Lansing-Ishii agreement was moribund. President Harding practically said so. The powers swore not to encroach upon China, and Mr. Wang went home happier even though Baron Shidibara declared: "To say that Japan has special interests in China is simply to state a plain and actual fact...
...Several witnesses materially altered the testimony they had given many weeks before at the initial police court hearing. Benjamin Bowles, special officer, swore originally that the shotgun man's moustache was short; but at the trial, after he had seen Vanzetti, Bowles declared that the shotgun man's moustache was bushy...