Word: weisbach
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Dates: during 1929-1929
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...Movietone juror story, newspapermen interviewed Mrs. Fall last week at El Paso, Tex. Elaborating on her Movietone revelation, she said: "The verdict was returned not out of the conviction of twelve men and women, but of only three, who forced the others to accede to their decision. . . . Daniel Weisbach told me that during the jury deliberation he paced the floor in agony of mind and heart, trying to stop his ears to the flood of arguments advanced by those who wanted a verdict of guilty. Finally he had to join in, but like the majority of the other jurors, only...
Newsgatherers soon sought out Juror Weisbach in Washington. He accused Mrs. Fall of falsehood. He had not asked her for "forgiveness," he said. He had not said that Thomas E. Norris, foreman of the jury, "forced" the verdict. He would not discuss the case further...
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