Word: trial
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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During the Sacco-Vanzetti trial this law, which gives practical power of arbitrary arrest was exercised for the purpose of obtaining witnesses and under it teachers of sciences denying the creation of the world as described in the Bible and the creation of man are liable to punishment...
...increasing measure of widespread discontent with which the whole innovation is regarded after three years of trial is in no way proportional to the use or lack of use of the facilities in Widener. Certainly the intrinsic value of the Reading Period cannot be based on the total aggregate of pages perused by a weary student body. If the Reading Period is in general disrepute, the fault lies in its inherent qualities of usefulness to the undergraduate. Another year of trial has made no appreciable difference...
...same building where John T. Scopes taught his biology class the theory of evolution in violation of Tennessee law and brought on the famous antievolution trial, Bryan Memorial University will open for its first term next September with a faculty, each member of which will have affirmed his belief that the Bible is inspired and infallibly true...
Judge-Connnissioners. Attorney General Mitchell gave his approval to the Wickersham recommendation that U. S. Commissioners be empowered to try minor dry offenses. This suggestion raised the largest objection in Congress where many doubted its constitutionality. Wet Congressmen complained that it would deprive citizens of the right of trial by jury, that petty offenders would have either to plead guilty to a misdemeanor before a U. S. Commissioner, or, if demanding a jury trial, run the risk of a felony conviction under the Jones Law. Attorney General Mitchell called this proposal the Commission's "most important and constructive suggestion...
...innocent suspect is tried for the case. In spite of a script containing a scene of two people struggling for a revolver and full of lines like "You wouldn't do this to me," Stein has used smart craftsmanship. He avoids telling the story in flashbacks from the trial of the woman herself, shows instead her reactions to the trial of someone else. When, after her confession, her own trial begins, the audience feels assured that she will be unanimously acquitted. Best shot: New Year's Eve in Vienna. Glorifying the American Girl (Paramount). A long time...