Word: verdict
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...about her husband. If she's married, she'll tell you." The ghetto's children, in particular, regard the riot leaders as freedom fighters. Those at the forefront of the chaos have hardly been chastened by such irresponsible post-mortems as Senator Robert Kennedy's verdict: "There is no point in telling Negroes to obey the law. To many Negroes the law is the enemy." Boasts one husky youth: "If we don't get things changed here, we're gonna do it again. We know the cops are scared...
When Foreman Melt Williams announced the verdict after two hours' deliberation, four white spectators distinctly heard him say, "Guilty." But the courtroom was noisy, and Judge Harold Smith apparently did not hear. He requested a written verdict. Someone had handed Williams a slip of paper, he had signed it, and it was brought to the clerk. It said: "Innocent...
Since a Florida D.A. cannot appeal in such cases, all the prosecution can do now is try to get the verdict expunged on the ground that a six-man jury must be unanimous. Then, if Judge Smith can resolve the issue of possible double jeopardy, D'Andrea may be retried. Ironically, illiteracy is unlikely to be an issue. Had the foreman signed the guilty slip in the same mistaken manner, D'Andrea could have raised that issue as a denial of fair trial. For the mo ment, though, he is delighted with the verdict of his illiterate peers...
Though some of their adventures stir excitement, 8¾% never quite makes up its mind whether to be a spoof or a spine-tingler. But just before the giddy lovers emplane for England, Morley offers a verdict about the plot. He assures everyone that the sought-after secret document was only a scrap of paper, and the whole business just a routine bit of counterespionage. Precisely...
Corvair Controversy. The California Supreme Court defined the new doctrine even more sweepingly in the 1963 case of a man who had yearned to own a much advertised power lathe. His wife bought him one; it promptly shot a hunk of wood into his head. In upholding a verdict based on faulty design, the court ruled that injured consumers need not claim a theoretical "implied warranty" but may rely simply on "strict liability in tort." Said the court: "A manufacturer is strictly liable in tort when an article he places on the market, knowing that it is to be used...