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Sacco & Vanzetti: The setting

Learn about the setting of the Sacco & Vanzetti trial.
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The Dedham Superior Court

Although unseen here, officials outfitted the courthouse with special lead shutters because they feared violence during the trial.

Entrance to Dedham Superior Courthouse, four pillars and large stone steps leading to double doors
Dedham Superior Court
Sideview of entrance of Dedham Superior Courthouse, guards on horses and at the top of the stairs
Dedham Superior Court
Wearing handcuffs, Sacco and Vanzetti escorted by group of officers, some on horses
Wearing handcuffs, Sacco and Vanzetti were escorted daily from the Dedham jail to the courthouse.
The defendants together talking to a woman behind the bars of the steel cage in the courtroom
As was the practice in capital cases of that era, the defendants were kept behind bars in a steel cage.

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