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Norfolk County Courthouse, Dedham, Massachusetts, site of the second trial. Sacco and Vanzetti went on trial for their lives on May 31, 1921, at Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, for the Braintree robbery and murders. Webster Thayer again presided; he had asked to be assigned to the trial. Katzmann again prosecuted for the State.
Fred H. Moore (1882–1933) [1] was a socialist lawyer and the defense attorney of the controversial Sacco and Vanzetti case. He had collaborated in many labor and Industrial Workers of the World trials.
[4] Jurors in the Sacco-Vanzetti trial, the panel noted, were almost unanimous in praising Thayer for his conduct of the trial. Still the panel criticized him, using words provided by Judge Grant: [5] "He ought not to have talked about the case off the bench, and doing so was a grave breach of judicial decorum." Sacco and Vanzetti both ...
The case is known as the Sacco and Vanzetti Affair. The lyrics for "Here's to You" make use of a statement attributed to Vanzetti by Philip D. Strong, a reporter for the North American Newspaper Alliance, who visited Vanzetti in prison in May 1927, three months before his execution.
In May 1920 two Italian immigrants, Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti, were arrested for a robbery that had taken place in South Braintree on April 20. [6] In a highly charged trial which took place in this building, the two men proclaimed their innocence, and their leftist political views became a major element of the case. [6]
Arthur Garfield Hays (December 12, 1881 – December 14, 1954) was an American lawyer and champion of civil liberties issues, best known as a co-founder and general counsel [1] of the American Civil Liberties Union and for participating in notable cases including the Sacco and Vanzetti trial.
"Sacco-Vanzetti Story" is a two-part American television play that was broadcast on June 3, 1960, and June 10, 1960, as part of the NBC Sunday Showcase series. The play tells the story of the arrest, trial, conviction, and execution of Italian anarchists Sacco and Vanzetti in the famed criminal case of the 1920s.
Sacco and Vanzetti were found guilty and executed. [6] Katzmann left office in 1923 and returned to private practice. However, he remained involved in later phases the Sacco and Vanzetti case by representing the government as a special assistant to the district attorney.