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Judge McCarthy in Court

Date: 07 1942
Description: Circuit Judge Joseph R. McCarthy wearing his Marine uniform a few days before he left for active duty.
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William T. Evjue in Court

Date: 11 21 1947
Description: W.T. Evjue, editor of the Capital Times, pleading not guilty in Superior Court, charged for publishing the name of a 19-year-old rape victim. To the...
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Wis. Supreme Court Official

Date: 12 27 1947
Description: Portrait of a young man assumed to be an employee of the Wisconsin Supreme Court, taken inside the Wisconsin state capitol building.
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Vera McCampbell Testifying

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Description: Vera McCampbell, former teacher in Grundy County, who came to the mountains with May Justus before Highlander Folk School was started in 1932, testifying d...
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Myles Horton Testifying

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Description: Myles Horton testifying during a hearing for the Highlander Folk School investigation in Grundy County.
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Henry Lee Senter and Representative McCord

Date: 1962
Description: Henry Lee Senter (right) and State Representative Chester McCord (left) at the State investigation of the Highlander Folk School.
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Young Man in Custody

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Description: Unidentified image of a young man in a suit and tie being escorted by a police officer into a court room.
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Safe Burglary Sentencing

Date: 12 09 1948
Description: Three men in court with their attorney listen to their sentences for stealing the Durfee Brothers Roofing Company safe. From right are Louis and Kenneth Di...
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District Attorney Robert W. Arthur

Date: 07 09 1949
Description: Portrait of District Attorney Robert W. Arthur as he appeared in Dane County circuit court to argue against dismissal of one of his lobbying cases.
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Public Hearing On Proposed Sites for County Home

Date: 01 10 1950
Description: Large crowd that filled the circuit courtroom of the Dane County Court House at a public hearing on proposed sites for the county home for the chronically ...
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Alledged Safecracker

Date: 02 15 1950
Description: George Beecraft, 23, of 121 S. Marquette Street is shown (right) pleading not guilty before Superior Judge Roy H. Proctor to charges of safecracking at the...
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New Madison Police Officers

Date: 04 03 1950
Description: Superior Judge Roy H. Proctor explains the procedure of his court to Madison's 22 new police officers that will go on duty July 1, 1950. New police officer...
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Circuit Judge Michael Torphy

Date: 06 16 1980
Description: Circuit Judge Michael Torphy, presiding over the murder trial of Barbara Hoffman.
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Don Eisenberg in Court

Date: 06 16 1980
Description: Don Eisenberg, defense attorney, in the court room during the Barbara Hoffman murder trial.
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Barbara Hoffman Verdict

Date: 06 16 1980
Description: Barbara Hoffman and her attorney, Don Eisenberg, react to having received the guilty verdict in the murder trial.
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Barbara Hoffman and Don Eisenberg

Date: 06 16 1980
Description: Barbara Hoffman and her attorney Don Eisenberg at the courthouse during her murder trial.
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Murder Trial Jury

Date: 05 18 1950
Description: Group portrait of the George "Butch" King murder trial jury. King, accused of the murder of Sadie Jackson, was declared not guilty by reason of insanity a...
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Emmett Till Trial

Date: 09 19 1955
Description: Roy Bryant, and his half-brother J.W. Milam, (left to right) with their attorney on the opening day of their trial for the murder of Emmett Till. The 14-ye...
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Shorewood Hills Dog Trial

Date: 05 16 1951
Description: Jury for the Shorewood Hills trial against Sandy, Russell Nelson's collie dog. From left: Rose Bremer, Laura Reis, Ida Ayres, David Roberts, Fred Statz, an...
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Shorewood Hills Dog Trial

Date: 05 16 1951
Description: Three men who testified on behalf of Sandy, a collie dog owned by Russell Nelson, accused of being a vicious animal, sitting behind a table. They were Hugo...

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