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Henderson Daily Dispatch
Henderson, Vance County, North Carolina
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In Boston, former U.S. Solicitor General Thos. Thatcher urged the press and others to combat sensational publicity in court trials, citing the Hauptmann murder trial as an example, during the American Bar Association's 59th annual convention.
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Boston, Mass., Aug. 25 (AP)-Thos. Thatcher, former solicitor general of the United States, called upon the press of the nation today to support the American Bar Association in ridding the courts of the publicity evil.
Referring to the Hauptmann murder trial as "the most shocking example of the evil practices which have surrounded the trial of sensational cases in this country for many years," Thatcher called for a halt upon the sensation outpouring of emotion and prejudice through the columns of the press and over the radio.
The former solicitor general did not, however, exempt other agencies from blame for the sensationalized trial.
In an address before a conference of bar association delegates, here for the 59th annual convention of the organization, he placed responsibility for the situation impartially upon the public appetite for details, upon the reluctance of the courts to use their powers to halt the flow of prejudicial publicity, upon lawyers for both sides who freely discuss in advance the evidence they intend to present, and upon police who cooperate in ballyhooing criminal procedure.
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Aug. 25
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Thos. Thatcher, former solicitor general, addressed bar association delegates at the 59th annual American Bar Association convention, calling on the press to help eliminate sensational publicity in courts, referencing the Hauptmann murder trial as a shocking example, and blaming public appetite, courts, lawyers, and police.