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Two Year Old Girl Abducted from Her Front Yard by Salesman

Date: 04 01 1964
Description: Mrs. Thomas Howard, wife of accused child abductor, Thomas Howard, listens intently at his circuit court arraignment hearing. Howard is accused of abductin...
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Attorney Michael B. Torphy Jr., Dane County District Attorney

Date: 06 02 1964
Description: The new Dane county district attorney, Michael B. Torphy Jr., 3833 Council Crest, getting a kiss on the cheek from his wife, Maureen Torphy, after he took ...
Photograph

Three Men Arraigned on Edgewater Hotel Armed Robbery Charges

Date: 09 15 1964
Description: Three men arraigned in Judge William L. Buenzli's court on charges stemming from an armed robbery at the Edgewater Hotel stand with deputy District Attorne...
Photograph

U.S. Attorney Edmund A. Nix Appointed

Date: 08 12 1965
Description: A man standing and holding a coffee cup. Edmund A. Dix was sworn in as United States attorney for the western half of Wisconsin in a brief Federal Court ce...
Map or Atlas

State of Michigan, Complainant, Vs. State of Wisconsin: Composite of Selected Exhibits

Date: 1926
Description: These maps are composites of selected exhibits and evidence submitted to the Supreme Court by the states of Wisconsin and Michigan between 1923 and 1926. T...
Map or Atlas

Map of the City of Fond du Lac, Wisconsin

Date: 1904
Description: Map showing lots, additions, and wards within the city limits, as well as some landownership. The streets are labeled, as is Lake Winnebago, rivers, railro...
Photograph

Angela Bartell

Date: 08 02 1979
Description: Judge Angela Bartell receiving congratulations after being sworn in at the City County Building. With her are young sisters Carey (left) and Jessica (right...
Map or Atlas

A New and Accurate Map of Virginia Wherein Most of the Counties are Laid Down from Actual Surveys: With a Concise Account of the Number of Inhabitants, the Trade, Soil, and Produce of that Province

Date: 1770
Description: The south west sheet of a four sheet map of Virginia, showing the counties, mountains, rivers, court houses, a few cities, and mills. A few Plantations ar...
Poster

"The Law is Like a Spiderweb . . ."

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Description: Cartoon of a judge standing behind a desk wielding a gavel to hit a blindfolded man on the head, with the words "90 Days." In the upper left-hand corner is...
Map or Atlas

Connecticut, from the Best Authorities

Date: 1795
Description: Map of Connecticut showing counties, townships, cities, roads, islands, swamps, hills, mountains, lakes, rivers, reefs, and numerous other geographical and...
Map or Atlas

A New and Accurate Map of North Carolina in North America

Date: 1779
Description: Map of North Carolina showing counties, cities, towns, chapels, courthouses, Quaker meeting houses, forts, mountains, swamps, inlets, lakes, and rivers. A ...
Map or Atlas

The State of North Carolina from the Best Authorities, &c.

Date: 1795
Description: Map of North Carolina showing counties, cities, towns, courthouses, forts, roads, mountains, swamps, inlets, waterfalls, lakes, and rivers. A dotted square...
Map or Atlas

The State of South Carolina from the Best Authorities

Date: 1795
Description: Map of South Carolina showing the precincts, cities, towns, Native American villages (marked with a triangle), courthouses, roads, mountains, swamps, islan...
Postcard

Court House

Date: 1916
Description: Hand-colored view of the court house with clock tower. Caption reads: "Court House, Fond du Lac, Wis."
Photograph

Painting of "The Signing of the American Constitution"

Date: 1910
Description: Painting, in the Wisconsin State Capitol, of "The Signing of the American Constitution," one of four mural paintings by Albert Herter on the west wall of t...
Photograph

The Trial of Chief Oshkosh by Judge Doty

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Description: Painting, in the Wisconsin State Capitol, of "The Trial of Chief Oshkosh by Judge Doty," one of four mural paintings by Albert Herter on the south wall of ...
Photograph

Wisconsin State Capitol Court Room

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Description: The Wisconsin State Capitol courtroom. Judges are sitting in seats below a wall of framed portraits.
Photograph

Albert A. Hanson Trial

Date: 12 04 1953
Description: Albert A. Hanson, facing a possible prison term on charges of adultery and receiving stolen money, ponders his fate alone before the empty jury box during ...
Photograph

Albert A. Hanson Trial

Date: 12 04 1953
Description: The Albert Hanson trial is serious business for jurors as they hear Attorney William J. Coyne (standing) defend Hanson.
Photograph

Albert A. Hanson Trial

Date: 12 05 1953
Description: Diane Nelson, 20-year-old bookkeeper, is shown reviewing with her attorney, Maurice B. Pasch, the testimony she gave as the chief prosecution witness again...

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