Courthouse

Treachery and horror ran rampant in the year of 1692. In a small town, the frightening words of a small teenage girl would terrify and haunt many God loving people. By following blindly, many of the townspeople caused fear and death. This is exemplified in Arthur Miller’s The Crucible. Arthur Miller warns to not have blind faith in people, when they are intentionally harming others. One can have a great amount of faith and trust in someone but it’s not right if that person has bad intentions and…

MILLERSBURG — A Holmesville man who reportedly was wandering around downtown Millersburg with a knife on Monday is in custody, facing several related criminal charges. Still shirtless and apparently agitated, Andrew Whitman, 34, of 7277 Township Road 525, appeared via teleconference from the Holmes County Jail in Holmes County Municipal Court, where he is charged with disorderly conduct, inducing panic and criminal trespass stemming from the prior day's activity. It's not the first law…

is showing the complexity of ignorance in the 1930’s. Many characters show hypocrisy, however Miss Gates, Scout, Mrs. Merriweather, and Lula show it freely. Hypocrisy is shown in one way by Miss Gates when Scout overhears Miss Gates talk at the courthouse. “...an’ then turn around and be ugly at folks right at home.”(page 331). Later, when she was teaching, a student brought up the topic of Hitler persecuting the Jews. Ironically she felt really bad for the Jews even though she is treating…

John Penn (May 17, 1740 - September 14, 1788) was one of the few men who signed the declaration of Independence and the Articles of Confederation. He served alongside fellow North Carolina Delegates (William Hooper and Joseph Hewes) in the Second Continental Congress. he died shortly before George Washington took office as the first president of the United States. He never saw his contribution to the United States happen(be of any help) because of an early death, but his contribution will not be…

was white and that’s where most of her power comes from. White people had more power than the blacks did in the 1930’s. Tom Robinson was an African-American man who was accused of raping Mayella Ewell. When the trial came, Tom had no power in the courthouse…

"No, it 's pretty easy to understand." "Okay, if it 's fine with you. I 'm going to ask Dorothy to come in. In order to take care of the papers. Jenna, is it okay if my dad joins us? He would like to speak to both of us. Before we go to the courthouse." Buzzing Dorothy, "can you please come into my office?" Knocks. "Come in, I need you to witness, and notarize these papers. Also can you ask my father to come, and join us? Thank you." "Mr. Peterson, your son would like you to…

My grandmother, Sharron Brooks Hunt, was born in Mississippi in 1945 and her family moved to Atlanta in 1960. She is a caring woman who likes nothing better than giving back to her community. Over the years, she has volunteered at hundreds of different organizations. She is a well-dressed and outgoing person. Her words are kind and encouraging and she is almost always smiling. My grandmother attended Georgia State University in the 1960s, during the time of the civil rights movement. She was…

state legislation expanded executive power and allowed for force to be used when dealing with rebels. However this did not stop farmers from continuing to fight. One such farmer and war veteran, Daniel Shays, led a group of 600 men to the local courthouse in protest. Gaining popularity Shays numbers swelled to almost 2,000 men giving him the confidence to propose a plan to attack the federal arsenal at Springfield which would help supply his men with plenty of weapons. Shays’ plan was foiled as…

To start the procedure the target is arrested, this is the followed by the policemen telling their name their rank as an officer and the station they also tell them why they are being detained. After the subject in hand cuffed and calm they pat search them down to assure there is no danger towards them. They are then put into the back of the police car and transported to the station, when they get back to the station the offender is stripped of all things that can be used to harm themselves.…

ear, my family of eight has been overcome by a wave of contagious exuberance, Our expressions sing in unison, “This long-awaited day is finally here!” The expanse of this adventure stretches much farther than the distance from our driveway to the courthouse: in reality this journey has no bounds. The journey of adoption cannot be summarized…