Word: motioned
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Granting a motion in arrest of judgment in the East Cambridge District Court Saturday, Judge A. P. Stone, who a week ago attacked the methods of the Harvard Legal Aid Bureau in refusing to set aside a default occasioned by its mistake, accorded to the client of that Bureau his right to "a day in court" and a hearing on the merits of his case. The Motion was argued by a member of the Bureau...
...representative of the Bureau failed to file an answer for his client by reason of misinformation as to the rules of District Courts. Plaintiff's counsel maintained that defendant was relying on the technical defence of his infancy, and that substantial justice could be done by denying a motion whose only effect would be to enable defendant to argue a defence which was not morally supportable. Judge Stone supported the contention of plaintiff's counsel...
...apparently not been considered by the court at the prior hearing. Counsel for the plaintiff insisted that Corman had had his day in court, but Judge Stone denied this contention on the ground that there had been no opportunity for Corman to state his case. He allowed the motion of defendant's counsel...
With great grumpings and whirrings, 156 sugar mills in Cuba last week commenced to grind the 1930 cane crop. Set in motion by a presidential decree, they will work night and day for four months manufacturing some 4,500,000 tons of raw sugar. About the centrals was a new and unexpected enthusiasm. Officers and workers smiled and laughed for they had something to make them happy: the Senate of the U. S. had refused to increase the U. S. customs duty on raw sugar...
...vote, the Harrison motion to retain the present sugar rates was, to the surprise of many, adopted 48-to-38, rejecting the Finance Committee's proposed increase. Nine Old Guardsmen, with only sugar consumers in their States and up for re-election this year, went over to the Coalition. Three Progressive Republicans from beet-sugar-growing States (Howell of Nebraska, Nye and Frazier of North Dakota) supported a higher rate. Four Democrats (King of Utah, Kendrick of Wyoming, Ransdell and Broussard of Louisiana) joined the protectionist Old Guard...