Commonwealth v. Sacco and Vanzetti

Object Type: Folder
In Folder: Norfolk County Superior Court (Record Group SUP.NO)

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Commonwealth v. Sacco and Vanzetti

The Sacco-Vanzetti collection contains materials from the combined trials for Nicolo Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti for the murders of Alexander Berardelli (#5545) and Frederick A. Parmenter (#5546). Indictments were returned by the Grand Jury 11 September 1920 and the trial, held in Superior Court, Norfolk County, at Dedham before Judge Webster Thayer and a jury, began 31 May 1921. The trial concluded 13 July 1921 with each of the defendants being found guilty. The materials in the collection include the original file papers from both cases, exhibits and identifications, and papers from the Office of the District Attorney, Norfolk County. Most items date from 1920-1927. The trial papers resulting from the Sacco-Vanzetti cases were in the custody of the Clerk of the Superior Court, Norfolk County, since the first papers were filed on September 8, 1920. Originally transferred to the Supreme Judicial Court division of Archives and Records Preservation on May 26, 1983, they are currently on deposit at the Massachusetts Archives on Columbia Point, Boston, where they are jointly administered by the Massachusetts Archives and the SJC under provisions of a trust agreement.

Record Details

Title: Commonwealth v. Sacco and Vanzetti

Description: The Sacco-Vanzetti collection contains materials from the combined trials for Nicolo Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti for the murders of Alexander Berardelli (#5545) and Frederick A. Parmenter (#5546). Indictments were returned by the Grand Jury 11 September 1920 and the trial, held in Superior Court, Norfolk County, at Dedham before Judge Webster Thayer and a jury, began 31 May 1921. The trial concluded 13 July 1921 with each of the defendants being found guilty.The materials in the collection include the original file papers from both cases, exhibits and identifications, and papers from the Office of the District Attorney, Norfolk County. Most items date from 1920-1927.The trial papers resulting from the Sacco-Vanzetti cases were in the custody of the Clerk of the Superior Court, Norfolk County, since the first papers were filed on September 8, 1920. Originally transferred to the Supreme Judicial Court division of Archives and Records Preservation on May 26, 1983, they are currently on deposit at the Massachusetts Archives on Columbia Point, Boston, where they are jointly administered by the Massachusetts Archives and the SJC under provisions of a trust agreement.

Digital Origin: For digital surrogates: Commonwealth v. Sacco and Vanzetti was digitized in 2019 by Digital Commonwealth at the Boston Public Library. Originals are located at the Massachusetts Archives.

Date: 1905-1933

Type of Resource: Text

Collection Information: Part of Collection: Record group SUP.NO (Norfolk Country Superior Court)

Language: en

Preferred Citation: Commonwealth v. Sacco and Vanzetti. (SUP.NO / Series 001) Massachusetts Archives. Boston, MA. Accessed [insert date accessed in format DD MM YYYY]. [insert URL of resource].

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