Word: trial
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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STATEMENT P. 51 YOUR APRIL 29 ISSUE "LAWYER NEYLAN HAS NEVER LOST A JURY TRIAL" ERRONEOUS. NEYLAN DAMN CLEVER LAWYER BUT LOST JURY CASE FOR LIBEL SOME TWO YEARS AGO, MONTEREY COUNTY, CALIF., BROUGHT BY ONE BAUGH AGAINST SAN FRANCISCO EXAMIXER...
...Peace Ray Baugh of Monterey County sued Hearst's Examiner for $125.000 compensatory damages, $100.000 punitive damages on twelve counts of alleged libel. The jury found no libel, awarded $1 punitive damages. Individual jurors later explained that they wanted to save their fellow townsman the costs of the trial. Their zeal was misdirected, since Plaintiff Baugh was obliged to pay the costs anyway. Lawyer Neylan & Client Hearst considered disposal of a $225.000 suit for $1 net a distinct victory...
...natives. Eastern Shore merchants are notoriously incurious about the source of their customers' cash. But when Federal men arrested Tom Reed and one Bill Powell they were sure they had the Al Capones of ducklegging. Last week Tom Reed, a clean-cut, well-dressed young man, went on trial in Federal Court at Norfolk, Va. Trapper Reed swore that on Dec. 20, 1934 he was in Pocomoke, Md. doing his Christmas shopping. Pocomoke merchants backed him up. Despite Agent Steele's positive identification, the judge ordered Tom Reed acquitted...
This week tall, swart Bill Powell, charged with shipping 26 duck to Philadelphia, went on trial in the same court. Verdict: six months in jail, $500 fine...
...petition the Federal Government to pardon him, give back his confiscated $800,000 fortune, let him return to the U. S. a citizen. The Government promptly indicated it would do no such thing. In Germany this week Fugitive Bergdoll announced he would surrender to the U. S. and stand trial in Federal Court if the five-year court-martial sentence against him were annulled...