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Crowds lined up outside the Wentworth county courthouse in Hamilton as hundreds sought seats for the spectacular trial
Crowds lined up outside the Wentworth county courthouse in Hamilton as hundreds sought seats for the spectacular trial

Crowds lined up outside the Wentworth county courthouse in Hamilton as hundreds sought seats for the spectacular trial

Date3/7/1947
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Original Toronto Star caption: Crowds lined up outside the Wentworth county courthouse in Hamilton as hundreds sought seats for the spectacular trial. John Dick; whose torso was found on Hamilton mountain; disappeared a year to the day his widow was found not guilty
Subject
    GeographyCity, town, townshipHamilton
    GeographyRegion or DistrictHamilton-Wentworth (Ont. : Regional municipality)
    GeographyProvince stateOntario
    GeographyCountryCanada
    Medium
    Photographs
    Language
      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
      Usage Rights Public Domain (Learn More)
      Object NumberTSPA_0120981F
      Despite a chill wind, crowds gathered outside the Wentworth county courthouse in Hamilton yesterday for the first time during the second trial of Mrs.(...)
      Despite a chill wind, crowds gathered outside the Wentworth county courthouse in Hamilton yesterday for the first time during the second trial of Mrs.(...)
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      2/27/1947
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      Barkley, Harold
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      Slaughter, Mike
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      Only 200 had Seats for the city hall ceremony at Hamilton when the Queen signed the visitors' book, but streets on the royal route were lined with 400(...)
      Elizabeth, Queen, consort of George VI, King of Great Britain, 1900-2002
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      Innell, Reg, 1926-2018
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      Cooper, David
      11/16/1986
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      Cooper, David
      11/17/1986
      With the 17,000 seats in Maple Leaf Gardens filled, an overflow crowd of about 4,000 mills outside last night, Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau later spoke from a truck
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      Beaty, Keith
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      Griffin, Doug
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      Beaty, Keith
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      Crowds lined up to see Karla Hemolka testify
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