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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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Supreme Court of the United States

Date: 1940
Description: Formal group portrait of the United States Supreme Court with Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes (1862-1948) seated in the middle of the front row.
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Oath of Citizenship

Date: 01 17 1956
Description: The oath of citizenship is administered to a class of 31 in the Madison Federal Court. Edgar Alstad, clerk of court, administers the oath as Judge Patrick ...
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Swearing-In of New Small Claims Judge

Date: 07 01 1957
Description: Circuit Judge Richard W. Bardwell, left, swearing in newly elected Small Claims Judge Ervin Bruner.
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E. Harold Hallows Sworn in as a Justice of the Wisonsin Supreme Court

Date: 05 01 1958
Description: E. Harold Hallows, Milwaukee auttorney, is sworn in as a Justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court. Shown with Justice Hallows are, from left to right, Chief ...
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Marriages Under New Family Code

Date: 01 04 1960
Description: The first applicants for marriage licenses under the new Family Code were William Voeck and Judith Kuecken. They are pictured at the marriage clerk's offic...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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Madison Police Chief Bruce Weatherly Investigation Before the Police and Fire Commission

Date: 04 07 1959
Description: The Madison Police and Fire Commission explores a traffic accident involving Police Chief Bruce Weatherly and witnesses' claims that he was under the influ...

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