Transcript of the Scottsboro trial testimony given before Judge James E. Horton in Decatur, Alabama.

Transcript of the Scottsboro trial testimony given before Judge James E. Horton in Decatur, Alabama.

The nine "Scottsboro Boys" had ben falsely accused of raping two white women on a train that was stopped in Jackson County, Alabama, in 1931. At the trial, defendant Haywood Patterson was represented by Samuel S. Leibowitz, George W. Chamlee, and Joseph R. Brodsky, who called the following...

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Transcript of the Scottsboro trial testimony given before Judge James E. Horton in Decatur, Alabama.
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Adams, Lee; Bailey, H. G.; Bates, Ruby; Bridges, R. R.; Brodsky, Joseph R.; Carter, Lester; Chamlee, George W.; Dobbins, Ory; Frost, Vertus; Hamil, J. H.; Hill, W. H.; Horton, James E.; Jones, May; Knight, Thomas E. (Thomas Edmund), b. 1868; Lawson, Thomas Seay, b. 1906; Leibowitz, Samuel S., 1893-1978; Lewis, E. L.; Maddox, Beatrice; Montgomery, Olen, b. 1914; Patterson, Haywood, b. 1912; Payne, Norris; Powell, Ozie, b. 1914?; Price, Victoria; Ramsey, Dallas; Reisman, Edward E.; Ricks, Percy; Roberson, Willie, b. 1913; Rouseau, Tom; Turner, R. S.; Walker, Cary; Williams, Eugene, b. 1917; Woodall, Arthur; Wright, Andy, b. 1912; Wright, Wade; African Americans--Civil rights--Alabama; African Americans--Imprisonment--Alabama; Scottsboro Trial, Scottsboro, Ala., 1931; Decatur (Ala.); Morgan County (Ala.)
description The nine "Scottsboro Boys" had ben falsely accused of raping two white women on a train that was stopped in Jackson County, Alabama, in 1931. At the trial, defendant Haywood Patterson was represented by Samuel S. Leibowitz, George W. Chamlee, and Joseph R. Brodsky, who called the following witnesses: R. S. Turner, Dallas Ramsey, Norris Payne, Beatrice Maddox, G. W. Chamlee, Willie Roberson, Olen Montgomery, Ozie Powell, Andy Wright, Eugene Williams, Haywood Patterson, Percy Ricks, Dr. Edward E. Reisman, Lester Carter, E. L. Lewis, May Jones, and Ruby Bates. Representing the prosecution were Attorney General Thomas E. Knight, Assistant Attorney General Thomas Seay Lawson, Wade Wright, and H. G. Bailey, who called the following witnesses for the state: Victoria Price, Dr. R. R. Bridges, W. H. Hill, Tom Rouseau, Lee Adams, Ory Dobbins, Arthur Woodall, Dr. Cary Walker, Dr. J. H. Hamil, and Vertus Frost.
spelling Transcript of the Scottsboro trial testimony given before Judge James E. Horton in Decatur, Alabama.The nine "Scottsboro Boys" had ben falsely accused of raping two white women on a train that was stopped in Jackson County, Alabama, in 1931. At the trial, defendant Haywood Patterson was represented by Samuel S. Leibowitz, George W. Chamlee, and Joseph R. Brodsky, who called the following witnesses: R. S. Turner, Dallas Ramsey, Norris Payne, Beatrice Maddox, G. W. Chamlee, Willie Roberson, Olen Montgomery, Ozie Powell, Andy Wright, Eugene Williams, Haywood Patterson, Percy Ricks, Dr. Edward E. Reisman, Lester Carter, E. L. Lewis, May Jones, and Ruby Bates. Representing the prosecution were Attorney General Thomas E. Knight, Assistant Attorney General Thomas Seay Lawson, Wade Wright, and H. G. Bailey, who called the following witnesses for the state: Victoria Price, Dr. R. R. Bridges, W. H. Hill, Tom Rouseau, Lee Adams, Ory Dobbins, Arthur Woodall, Dr. Cary Walker, Dr. J. H. Hamil, and Vertus Frost.1933 March 311933-03-311930-1939Adams, Lee; Bailey, H. G.; Bates, Ruby; Bridges, R. R.; Brodsky, Joseph R.; Carter, Lester; Chamlee, George W.; Dobbins, Ory; Frost, Vertus; Hamil, J. H.; Hill, W. H.; Horton, James E.; Jones, May; Knight, Thomas E. (Thomas Edmund), b. 1868; Lawson, Thomas Seay, b. 1906; Leibowitz, Samuel S., 1893-1978; Lewis, E. L.; Maddox, Beatrice; Montgomery, Olen, b. 1914; Patterson, Haywood, b. 1912; Payne, Norris; Powell, Ozie, b. 1914?; Price, Victoria; Ramsey, Dallas; Reisman, Edward E.; Ricks, Percy; Roberson, Willie, b. 1913; Rouseau, Tom; Turner, R. S.; Walker, Cary; Williams, Eugene, b. 1917; Woodall, Arthur; Wright, Andy, b. 1912; Wright, Wade; African Americans--Civil rights--Alabama; African Americans--Imprisonment--Alabama; Scottsboro Trial, Scottsboro, Ala., 1931; Decatur (Ala.); Morgan County (Ala.)TextLegal filesAlabama. Department of Archives and HistoryAlabama Department of Archives and History Scottsboro trial and sentence recordsSG012528Alabama Department of Archives and History, 624 Washington Avenue, Montgomery, Alabama 36130EnglishThis material may be protected under U. S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S. Code) which governs the making of photocopies or reproductions of copyrighted materials. You may use the digitized material for private study, scholarship, or research. Though ADAH has physical ownership of the material in its collections, in some cases we may not own the copyright to the material. It is the patron's obligation to determine and satisfy copyright restrictions when publishing or otherwise distributing materials found in our collections.http://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/voices/id/22849
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