Word: trial
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Henry Hoeppel, who in the Congressional Directory claims to be a "graduate of the University of Hard Knocks," came a still harder knock: Son Charles flunked the entrance examination at West Point. Last week a jury in a District of Columbia courtroom, where the Hoeppels, father & son, were on trial for conspiracy to solicit a bribe, heard what became of the West Point appointment. James W. Ives, a handsome Olympic athlete from Baltimore, who had played football at Johns Hopkins, took the stand and swore as follows...
...Directly in front of seat No. 13 (occupied by a newshawk) Bruno Richard Hauptmann went on trial for his life at Flemington before Justice Trenchard...
After Shipper Gumming had loaded on every puncheon of sugar and molasses the ship would hold, some odd space remained. He left it empty. Owner Cuthbert claimed he should have filled it with "other lawful products," brought suit for ?139, 8s., 3 d. damages. The trial judge ruled that the ambiguous "and/or" in Owner Cuthbert's contract had rightfully entitled Shipper Cumming to do as he pleased about odd space...
That technicality made it necessary for de Clifford to be tried by the House of Lords, since under the Magna Charta a peer indicted for treason or a felony which includes homicide, rape, bigamy, burglary, robbery, larceny, counterfeiting and forgery must be tried by his peers. Such a trial costs thousands of dollars and, since the county in which the crime is supposed to have taken place must pay, a tradition exists for piling on every expense that can be thought of. For last week's trial, which cost some $50,000, it was not enough to install...
...last trial of a peer by the House of Lords was 34 years ago, when Lord Russell was convicted of bigamy and sentenced to three months in jail, the usual sentence for a bigamist in England being two years. After serving ten days, Lord Russell was pardoned by King Edward...