Judge Robert J. Wheeler organizing a grand jury at the Jefferson County courthouse in Birmingham, Alabama.
Among the cases to be brought before the grand jury was the murder Robert F. Perry, a Secret Service agent who died after being severely beaten in November 1940. This photograph was published as an inset in the Birmingham News on January 6, 1941, with the following caption: "New Grand Jury Swor...
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| Summary: | Among the cases to be brought before the grand jury was the murder Robert F. Perry, a Secret Service agent who died after being severely beaten in November 1940. This photograph was published as an inset in the Birmingham News on January 6, 1941, with the following caption: "New Grand Jury Sworn In - Circuit Judge Robert J. Wheeler, shown in the inset, Monday organized a new county Grand Jury, to consider the Perry slaying and approximately 80 additional criminal cases." |
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