Black Sox in the Courtroom

The Grand Jury, Criminal Trial and Civil Litigation

William F. Lamb (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

240 Seiten

2013
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-0-7864-7268-0 (ISBN)

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A comprehensive, non-partisan account of the judicial proceedings spawned by the corruption of the 1919 World Series is badly needed. This book provides it. The narrative of events has been crafted from surviving fragments of the judicial record, contemporaneous newspaper accounts of the proceedings, museum archives and, occasionally, the literature of the Black Sox scandal. Preceding the account of judicial events are a brief overview of the baseball gambling problem, a summary of the 1919 Series, and a discussion of post-Series events that presaged revelations of the Series fix.

The grand jury proceedings, the criminal trial, and ensuing civil suits initiated by various of the banned players against the White Sox are then recounted in detail, accompanied by copious source citations. The book concludes with a survey of how Black Sox-related legal proceedings have been treated in scandal literature. The book does not purport to be the definitive account of the Black Sox scandal. Rather, it uniquely presents how the matter played out in court.

Retired New Jersey prosecutor, William F. Lamb lives in Meredith, New Hampshire.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments v

Preface 1

1. Prelude to Infamy 3

2. The 1919 World Series 11

3. Rumblings of Scandal 23

4. A Grand Jury Is Convened 29

5. Early Grand Jury Proceedings 37

6. The Scandal Explodes 48

7. The Grand Jury Probe Continues 66

8. Post-Indictment Turmoil 80

9. Grand Jury Redux 88

10. Extradition Follies 93

11. Criminal Trial Preliminaries 101

12. The Prosecution Case Begins 111

13. The Missing Confesssions 118

14. The Prosecution Rests 125

15. The Black Sox Defense 131

16. Closing Words, Verdict and the Landis Edict 138

17. Black Sox Lawsuits 149

18. Deposition Revelations 155

19. Eve of Trial Maneuvers

20. The Case of Plaintiff Jackson 165

21. The White Sox Defense and Late Trial Fireworks 178

22. Civil Case Endgame 184

23. The Jury’s Judgment and Its Aftermath 189

24. Resolution of the Remaining Lawsuits 194

25. Treatment of Judicial Proceedings in the Black Sox Canon 199

Glossary of Black Sox Persons and Places 205

Bibliography 219

Index 223

Erscheint lt. Verlag	30.4.2013
Zusatzinfo	26 photos, glossary, notes, bibliography, index
Verlagsort	Jefferson, NC
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	331 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Ballsport
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
	Weitere Fachgebiete ► Sportwissenschaft
ISBN-10	0-7864-7268-5 / 0786472685
ISBN-13	978-0-7864-7268-0 / 9780786472680
Zustand	Neuware