Word: mistrial
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...rattled off 30 minutes of rapid-fire testimony during her damage suit against a bus company, despite warnings from the bench and cautioning gestures, pleas for brevity from her own attorney, exasperated Judge John R. Thim called a recess, heard the flood flow again when court resumed, declared a mistrial...
...past years, a visit to Boston, for example, was certain to induce an outpouring of loyalty among large elements of the population, much as Antaeus in the Greek myth gained renewed strength by contact with Mother Earth. The Senator's supporters were still vocal enough to cause a mistrial when he came to testify in the Kamin trial, but there seemed to be fewer of them. He spoke to rows of empty seats in Boston late in October, despite the presence on the platform of such stalwarts as Joseph P. Kennedy, James Michael Curley, and Republican State Chairman Elmer...
October 10, 1955: Kamin's trial opens with futile attempt to select a jury. Applause for McCarthy, chief government witness, causes a mistrial. Kamin and government agree to waiver of jury trial...
After conferences between the judge, Kamin, and lawyers for both sides, the court met at 3:45 p.m. after a recess of nearly three hours. Kamin's attorney, Calvin P. Bartlett, immediately moved for a mistrial and the motion was granted after Kamin asked for it personally...
Yesterday's session was held despite the holiday in order to make up for time lost in Tuesday's mistrial. There is now no jury in the trial...