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Vainly did his attorneys plead for clemency, argue that their client was physically weak, that he lacked the mental calibre for the office of Congressman. U. S. Judge Charles E. Woodward, deaf to entreaties, fined Bribee Rowbottom $2,000, sentenced him to a year and a day in the Federal penitentiary.* Said Judge Woodward to Rowbottom before the bar: "You have betrayed your constituents and cheapened public office. The Court cannot condone the flagrant and cynical barter and sale of public offices. The sentence must be of such nature as to deter other Congressmen from such practices...
...Pity, then, the Evarts-client, Victim of a heartless wile...
...clear case of self defense," said Maitre Louis Gassin, her principal attorney. "The fact that my client bought two months ago the revolver with which she shot and killed her husband does not indi- cate premeditation. . . . She simply purchased the weapon for use in case of ex-treme emergency to defend her life. How prudent this action...
...radio listener, Comedian Chevalier will do well to go back to flesh & blood performances, at least to the talkies, where his winks and grins can serve him. But wiseacres who call his Chase & Sanborn (tea & coffee) broadcast a "flop" forget that in radio no one flops who pleases his client. Chase & Sanborn recently doubled Chevalier's time to an hour (8 to 9 p. m. Sundays). He has a 26-week contract for which he will receive well over $100,000, probably the most ever paid for an extended series...
Judge Wilkerson allowed the Capone lawyers 30 days in which to ask the Circuit Court of Appeals to take jurisdiction for a review of limited points. Meantime, their client went free on $5,000 bond...