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Charles Cooper Nott Jr.
American attorney and jurist / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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]
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Charles Cooper Nott Jr. | |
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![]() Nott in 1913 | |
Born | (1869-10-10)October 10, 1869 |
Died | May 10, 1957(1957-05-10) (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) |
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