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The Great Moonshine Conspiracy Trial of 1935 resulted in the indictment of 80 people involved in the illegal production and distribution of moonshine whisky in Virginia. At the time, Franklin County was believed to produce the highest volume of illegal liquor in the U.S., colloquially referred to as "the moonshine capital of the world."
Robert Schwartz was a nationally renowned scientist in the field of biometrics and DNA research. In 1978, he was co-author with Margaret Dayhoff of a key paper in Science providing the first experimental evidence of Lynn Margulis' theory of the symbiogenetic origin of cellular mitochondria and chloroplasts. [3]
In November 1656, Scottish Reverend David Lindsay of Wicomico Church, Virginia accused William of witchcraft and sorcery, and he was subsequently imprisoned. [8] [9] A 24-member jury was convened, and the witch trial heard testimony from numerous county residents. [10] [11] All records regarding his charges have been lost. [12] [13] [14]
[6] [1] The three generations of the Buck family and Carrie's impending sterilization became the focus of the landmark supreme court case Buck v. Bell. Priddy died before the case reached the Supreme Court, but nonetheless on May 2, 1927, the Supreme Court decided that Virginia's sterilization law was constitutional. [7] [8]
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 28 January 2025. American political activist (1922–2019) Lyndon LaRouche LaRouche, circa 1988 Born Lyndon Hermyle LaRouche Jr. (1922-09-08) September 8, 1922 Rochester, New Hampshire, U.S. Died February 12, 2019 (2019-02-12) (aged 96) Other names Lyn Marcus Education Northeastern University (no degree ...
People might know them through the victim or the perpetrator, but the cases in this list have been widely known in the state. True crime: 6 of the most notorious murder cases in Kentucky history ...
The more fanaticized cases overshadowed Virginia's witch trials in Salem and other New England colonies and many Virginians seemingly forgot their witch trials history. In 1849, U.S. Congressman Henry Bedinger of Virginia inaccurately invoked the Salem witch trials as evidence of the Northern states' immorality, stating, “There are some ...