Word: trial
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Back in court was tomato-nosed Funnyman W. C. Fields, trying again to sidestep payment of Dr. Jesse Citron's $12,000 fee for treating a bad case of broncho-pneumonia in 1936. In the first trial the doctor claimed that Fields got sick from drinking too much ("about two quarts a day"). Said Funnyman Fields: "It was two other diseases. I've never been sick from drinking whiskey...
...dancer, socked her with a roll of paper (see cut), dragged her to the spot where he had left dying Anya. Next day he pleaded guilty, later changed his plea to "not guilty" after talking to headline-conscious Prosecutor Buron Fitts, who will get much publicity at the trial...
...Wanda while her parent was out preaching, got 50? for the job from Father Dworecki. Along with Peter Schewchuk, he pleaded guilty. The judge changed their plea to "not guilty." New Jersey law prohibits guilty pleas in capital cases, on the theory that first-degree murderers deserve a full trial as well as the electric chair...
...respiratory irritant-were developed by the Allies during the War, but the peace was signed before they got into action. Adolf Hitler promised last week not to use poison gas, but if gas rolls into the European arena notwithstanding, Lewisite and Adamsite are almost certain to get a thorough trial. Otherwise, military experts believe, the armies will rely on the half-dozen gases which proved efficient in World War I. Though nobody can deny it with certainty, it does not seem that a terrible "supergas" has been produced in secret because the realm of possible chemical compounds has been...
...speed criminal justice and to prevent lawyers and clients from outsmarting justice by legal tricks, Author-Lawyer Train suggests that: 1) cases should be tried in court, not in the yellow press; 2) suspects should be examined before trial in the presence of their counsel; 3) jury verdicts should not have to be unanimous (in murder cases, eleven out of twelve is enough, in other cases, a lesser number); 4) the use of peremptory challenges should be cut down, practically abolished. He adds: "The history of criminal legislation, however, suggests that none of these obvious reforms will be adopted...