Youth Gets Priceless Gift From Illinois High Court
A Chicago area youth facing execution in Rockford had his case retried after the Illinois Supreme Court ordered a change of venue and new hearing. The ruling followed Clarence Darrow’s intervention and marks the second remand of the McWilliams case, drawing national attention. The youth, 17 at the time, confessed to a street car robbery and killing a motorman during a 1931 incident. The death penalty had been imposed, with ongoing appeals delaying execution.
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B. M
United Freas
Rockford
Stubblefield
Supreme Court
Detroit
Mc~ Wiliams
Clarence Darrow
Russell
William
Sayles
Arthur E. Fisher
Winnabago County
Tria
Darrow
Suprems Court
Robert E. Nash
Alice B. Sayles
Court stance on aid to the young man questioned
The document critiques the court’s attitude and the level of help given to a young man. It notes U S reliance on imports in a trade context with percentages for China, Japan, Great Britain and Hong Kong, highlighting the broader international balance.
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Chins’s
United States
Japan
Great Britain
Hong Kong
Employee of Marathon Dance Granted Freedom
W. Stroughton of Unionville Ohio was released from county jail yesterday by Circuit Judge A P Hudson who ruled Stroughton worked for the dance marathon promoter and had no contract with Ralph Garcelon orchestra manager. Stroughton said officers’ claims he was a marathon promoter were false. He had been jailed after Garcelon named him in a civil suit, suspecting flight from the state.
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W. 5. Stroughton
Unionville, O
A. P. Hudson
Stroughton
Ralph Garceson
Garcelon
Kanawha City marathon music bill sparks court date
Garcelon claims 8900 due for music at the Kanawha City marathon, with the suit heading to Magistrate W. A. Tully's court on December 27. The state code allows civil defendants to be held if they plan to leave the state. Stroughton's attorney seeks release, arguing he was an employee of the A. Pressey music agency and cannot bind the company. In England, rescue attempts cost two lives as Thomas Shiyler of Birmingham fell 40 feet and James Ststo of Liverpool slipped from a roof.
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Ed. Garcelon
Kanawha City
W. A. Tully
Stroughton
Paty
England
Thomas Shiyler
Birmingham
James Ststo
Liverpool
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