(Encyclopedia) Mace, chemical spray device used by police in riot control. Mace is ordinary tear gas (chloroacetophenone, or CN) in a volatile solvent contained in a spray can. It causes severe…
(Encyclopedia) Duck Lake, small lake, central Sask., Canada, SW of Prince Albert. It was the scene of the first encounter in Riel's Rebellion (see under Riel, Louis) in 1885. A large group of Métis (…
In most cases, before making an arrest a police officer must read this list of rights to the suspect. It is called the Miranda warning because of the 1966 Supreme Court decision, Miranda v.…
SULLIVAN, Patrick Joseph, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pa., October 12, 1877; attended public and parochial schools; employed in the Homestead Axle…
SULLIVAN, Patrick Joseph, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pa., October 12, 1877; attended public and parochial schools; employed in the Homestead Axle…
STUPAK, Bart T., a Representative from Michigan; born in Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wis., February 29, 1952; graduated from Gladstone High School, Gladstone, Mich., 1970; A.A., Northwestern…
(Encyclopedia) search, right of. 1 In domestic law, the right of officials to search persons or private property, usually obtained through some form of search warrant authorized by a court. In the…
(Encyclopedia) Gordon, Adam Lindsay, 1833–70, Australian poet, b. the Azores. In 1853 he went to South Australia, where he joined the mounted police and later became famous as a steeplechase rider…
BARR, Thomas Jefferson, a Representative from New York; born in New York City in 1812; attended the public schools; moved to Scotch Plains, N.J., in 1835 and conducted a roadhouse; returned to…
