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- Title
VIGNETTES OF THE CRIMINAL COURT.
- Authors
Arado, Charles C.
- Abstract
The article presents information about various court cases of a Criminal Court. On a trial for a murder was a clean-shaven, bright-eyed man, forty years of age, whose general appearance was that of a pugilist. His gestures while speaking indicated he was aggressive and demonstrative. The defendant was walking through a gangway when he chanced to meet Clancy, an iceman. The latter grabbed the accused with his left hand and whirled him around. The defendant's sincerity while testifying made a marked impression upon the jury. His aim was to demonstrate to them that he did only what any other red-blooded person would have done, with an ice-pick about to be plunged through his body. in an another case, a boy was charged with the slaying of another boy aged twenty years. The shooting took place in a poolroom in the vicinity of their homes. It occurred between the hours of midnight and one o'clock during the month of December. It was agreed that the victim had been acting in the capacity of scorekeeper for other boys who were playing pool. The state's theory was to the effect that the defendant came into the poolroom, saw his target, and immediately fired upon him. The prosecution was forced to rely upon the testimony of the proprietor of the poolroom and two or three of the boys present at the time of the homicide.
- Subjects
CRIMINAL courts; CRIMINAL justice system; CRIMINAL procedure; CRIME; CRIMINAL law; CORRECTIONAL institutions
- Publication
Journal of Criminal Law & Criminology (08852731), 1939, Vol 30, p511
- ISSN
0885-2731
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2307/1136973