Charles Cooper Nott Jr. | |
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 Nott in 1913 | |
| Born | October 10, 1869 |
| Died | May 10, 1957 (aged 87) New York City, US |
| Alma mater | Williams College Harvard Law School |
| Spouses | Julia Jerome Hildt
(m. 1896; died 1912)Mary Porter Mitchell
(m. 1916) |
| Children | 4 |
| Parent(s) | Charles Cooper Nott Sr. Alice Effingham Hopkins Nott |
| Relatives | Eliphalet Nott (great-grandfather) |
Charles Cooper Nott Jr. (October 10, 1869 – May 10, 1957) was an American attorney and jurist. He served as judge of the New York General Sessions Court from 1913 to 1939.[1][2] In 1919 anarchists were planting a bomb on his doorstep when it prematurely exploded killing both of the bombers.[3] In 1922 he presided over the obscenity case of James Branch Cabell and Robert Medill McBride for the novel, Jurgen, A Comedy of Justice.[4][5] In 1939 he presided over the second trial of James Joseph Hines.[6]
- ^ "Train Succeeds Nott. Whitman Names Him in Place of Assistant Who Becomes a Judge". The New York Times. November 7, 1913. Retrieved 2010-03-27.
Charles S. Whitman yesterday appointed Arthur C. Train an Assistant District Attorney to succeed Charles C. Nott, Jr., who was elected to the General Sessions Bench. Mr. Nott tendered his resignation on Wednesday, to take effect on Nov. 15, when he will leave for Williamstown, Mass., for a vacation at the home of his father, Charles C. Nott, former Chief Judge of the United States Court of Claims.
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obitwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Wreck Judge Nott's Home. Man And Woman Killed May Have Been Bomb Setters. Mrs. Nott In The House She And Caretaker's Family Escape, Though Front Of Building Was Shattered. Judge Nott In The Country Police Rush Guards To Homes Of Officials And Judges Throughout The City. Child's Amazing Escape. Stairways Fall. Other Houses Shattered. Wreck Judge Nott's Home. All Police Agencies Active. Crowds Hamper Police. Judge Nott's Public Career". The New York Times. June 3, 1919. Retrieved 2010-05-31.
A man and a woman were blown to pieces at 12:55 o'clock this morning when a bomb exploded prematurely as it was about to be placed on the stoop of the home of Judge Charles Cooper Nott, Jr., of the Court of General Sessions, at 151 East Sixty-first Street.
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vcubiowas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "'Jurgen' Is Proper, Judge Nott Rules. Direct Jury To Acquit Publishers Of James Branch Cabell's Book". The New York Times. October 20, 1922. Retrieved 2010-06-05.
- ^ "Judge Nott Uses Powers To Balk Hines Mistrial". Chicago Tribune. February 26, 1939. Archived from the original on 2012-11-02. Retrieved 2010-06-05.
Special General Sessions Judge Charles C. Nott, Jr. before whom Tammany Leader James J. Hines was tried and convicted of conspiracy ...