Ossian Sweet transcript of proceedings, 1925-1926.

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Ossian Sweet transcript of proceedings, 1925-1926.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/34419815

Testimony presented before Judge Frank Murphy, and arguments of prosecuting attorney, Robert Toms, and defense attorney, Clarence Darrow.

2 reels microfilm : positive.

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Darrow, Clarence S. (Clarence Seward), 1857-1938

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Clarence Seward Darrow, prominent Chicago trial lawyer, was born in Kinsman, Ohio on April 18, 1857. He attended Allegheny College, after which he studied one year at the University of Michigan Law School. He then worked as a lawyer in Youngstown, and was admitted to the Ohio Bar in 1878. He practiced in Ohio for nine years, before moving to Chicago, where he practiced privately before being appointed assistant corporation counsel for the City of Chicago. For four years he served as Chi...

Detroit (Mich.). Recorder's Court

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Sweet, Ossian, d. 1960 (Defendant)

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Proceedings of the People vs. Ossian Sweet, et al in the Recorder's Court of Detroit, Michigan. From the description of Ossian Sweet transcript of proceedings, 1925-1926. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34419815 ...

Toms, Robert M. (Robert Morrell), 1886-1960

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Toms was born in LaCrosse (Wis.) on Oct. 14, 1886. He earned an A.B. from the University of Chicago 1907 and a L.L.B., from the University of Michigan Law School in 1910. In 1912 he became Assist. Prosecutor, in 1921 Chief Assist. Prosecutor for 4 years, then Prosecuting Attorney, 1925-1929. In 1925 he was the Prosecuting Attorney for the famous Ossian Sweet murder trial in Detroit. He was elected Wayne Circuit Court Judge, in which position he served, 1929-1961. (For further information on Toms...

Murphy, Frank, 1890-1949

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Mayor of Detroit; Governor of Michigan; Governor General of the Philippine Islands; associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. From the description of Frank Murphy papers, 1893-1960 (Detroit Public Library). WorldCat record id: 369174924 Mayor of Detroit, governor of Michigan; justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. From the description of Frank Murphy autograph book, 1930-1942. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 85778857 Detroit (Mich.) Recorder...