Hobbyist. In Vancouver, B.C., Assize Court Justice Herbert S. Wood sentenced Venetian Blind Manufacturer John Wasylenchuk, 38, to life imprisonment, despite his pious plea during the trial that when police found him hiding in the woods and promptly shot him as an escaping bank robber, he had been innocently mixing up a batch of nitroglycerin to blow up a few safes.
Pro. In Los Angeles, when he sent out summonses for jury duty, Municipal Court Jury Commissioner Douglas Lathrop received a polite note stating, "I have often desired to serve as a trial juror and would enjoy the experience, but my...
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