tailieunhanh - THE VALLEY OF THE MOON JACK LONDON BOOK 2 CHAPTER 14

THE VALLEY OF THE MOON JACK LONDON BOOK 2 CHAPTER 14 Đây là một tác phẩm anh ngữ nổi tiếng với những từ vựng nâng cao chuyên ngành văn chương. Nhằm giúp các bạn yêu thich tiếng anh luyện tập và củng cố thêm kỹ năng đọc tiếng anh . | THE VALLEY OF THE MOON JACK LONDON BOOK 2 CHAPTER 14 In the days that followed Billy s swellings went down and the bruises passed away with surprising rapidity. The quick healing of the lacerations attested the healthiness of his blood. Only remained the black eyes unduly conspicuous on a face as blond as his. The discoloration was stubborn persisting half a month in which time happened divers events of importance. Otto Frank s trial had been expeditious. Found guilty by a jury notable for the business and professional men on it the death sentence was passed upon him and he was removed to San Quentin for execution. The case of Chester Johnson and the fourteen others had taken longer but within the same week it too was finished. Chester Johnson was sentenced to be hanged. Two got life three twenty years. Only two were acquitted. The remaining seven received terms of from two to ten years. The effect on Saxon was to throw her into deep depression. Billy was made gloomy but his fighting spirit was not subdued. Always some men killed in battle he said. That s to be expected. But the way of sentencin em gets me. All found guilty was responsible for the killin or none was responsible. If all was then they should get the same sentence. They oughta hang like Chester Johnson or else he oughtn t to hang. I d just like to know how the judge makes up his mind. It must be like markin China lottery tickets. He plays hunches. He looks at a guy an waits for a spot or a number to come into his head. How else could he give Johnny Black four years an Cal Hutchins twenty years He played the hunches as they came into his head an it might just as easy ben the other way around an Cal Hutchins got four years an Johnny Black twenty. I know both them boys. They hung out with the Tenth an Kirkham gang mostly though sometimes they ran with my gang. We used to go swimmin after school down to Sandy Beach on the marsh an in the Transit slip where they said the water was sixty feet deep only it .