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"Times up. Now let the other fellow have him a while"
Content Provider | Library of Congress - Photographs |
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Description | Cartoon shows a Supreme Court justice interceding in a hanging. A man representing "Federal courts" is pulling on a rope near a tree, his victim is not visible. The justice intercedes, telling him that it is the other man's turn. The other man, wearing a sheriff's badge, is identified as "state courts." He waits with an empty noose. The justice holds a paper which reads "Supreme Court 'double jeopardy' ruling. The Supreme Court heard two cases that involved "double jeopardy" rulings in 1959, Abbate v. United States and Bartkus v. Illinois. |
File Format | JPG / JPEG |
Language | English |
Part of Series | Cartoon Drawings |
Requires | HTML5 supported browser |
Access Restriction | Open |
Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Hangings--1950-1960. |
Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Double jeopardy--1950-1960. |
Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Judicial proceedings--1950-1960. |
Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Supreme Court justices--1950-1960. |
Content Type | Image |
Resource Type | Photograph |