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I plead guilty! No, I'm gonna plead 'not guilty!
| Content Provider | Library of Congress - Photographs |
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| Spatial Coverage | United States |
| Description | Cartoon shows Uncle Sam as Gulliver, tied down by red tape labeled "Legal Technicalities, Reluctant Juries, Law's Delay, Legal Loopholes, Due Process of Law, [and] Technicalities." A tiny man labeled "Al Capone," waves Uncle Sam's hat and says, "I plead guilty! No, I'm gonna plead not guilty.!" Law enforcement authorities tried in vain to find ways to convict notorious Chicago gangster Al Capone until 1931 when he was finally indicted for income tax evasion. Capone first agreed to plead guilty in return for a reduced sentence, but when he found the judge would not honor the agreement, he changed his plea to Not guilty. He was convicted by a federal jury, however, and sentenced to eleven years in prison. |
| File Format | JPG / JPEG |
| Language | English |
| Part of Series | Cartoon Drawings |
| Requires | HTML5 supported browser |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Law enforcement--United States--1930-1940. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Red tape--1930-1940. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Capone, Al,--1899-1947. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Uncle Sam (Symbolic character)--1930-1940. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Gulliver (Fictious character)--1930-1940. |
| Content Type | Image |
| Resource Type | Photograph |
