Word: verdict
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...public has overwhelmingly rendered its verdict of acquittal and exoneration," announced the attorney for the defense last week, which was six weeks before the trial. Of course he referred to Parson Norris, the Fort Worth Baptist who shot a man for remonstrating with him about attacks on his fellowtownsmen (TIME, July...
...made new friends and held old ones to the habit of daily brushing. . . . A dentifrice should provide only the necessary cleaning qualities to remove the sticky coating from the teeth without injuring the enamel. . . . If you are confused about the care of your teeth, your dentist will corroborate the verdict of sixty years. . . ." Alert readers of the Saturday Evening Post, eager to applaud a "dentifrice fight," reflected ruefully that Forhan's cannot start rebuttal through the Saturday Evening Post for two months-the time consumed by the Post's pulp presses and slow freight distribution system...
...felonies, excepting capital offenses, five-sixths of the jury should be allowed to return a verdict...
Wilmot Whitney '16 was the last pitcher to win a verdict for the University over Dartmouth. In the game with the Alumni last Wednesday, it was this same twirler who pitched so effectively after the first inning for the graduates against the University nine...
...overruled British Judge Kershaw last week forcing the acquittal of six out of seven natives (two Zaghlulists) charged with the murder of Sir Lee Stack, Governor General of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan (TIME, Dec. 1, 1924). Judge Kershaw resigned last week. The British note ominously "declined to accept the verdict, reserved the right to take steps to insure the future safety of foreigners in Egypt...