Thomas Whitaker Trenchard (December 13, 1863 – July 23, 1942) was an American lawyer and a justice of the
New Jersey Supreme Court
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Salem County
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,
New Jersey
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, the son of William B. and Marie G. Trenchard. He graduated South Jersey Institute in 1882 and was admitted to bar in 1886. He practiced at
Governor of New Jersey
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Foster McGowan Voorhees
Foster McGowan Voorhees (November 5, 1856 – June 14, 1927) was an American Republican Party politician, who served as the 30th governor of New Jersey from 1899 to 1902.
Biography
Voorhees represented Union County in the New Jersey Senate fr ...
in 1899 and reappointed by Governor
Murphy
Murphy is an Irish surname meaning "Sea Warrior".
Origins and variants
The surname is a variant of two Irish surnames: "Ó Murchadha"/"Ó Murchadh" (descendant of "Murchadh"), and "Mac Murchaidh"/" Mac Murchadh" (son of "Murchadh") derived ...
in 1904. He was appointed Justice of Supreme Court on June 8, 1906, to fill a vacancy and for full term on January 15, 1907. He is well known for being the presiding judge in the high-profile trial of
Richard Hauptmann
Bruno Richard Hauptmann (November 26, 1899 – April 3, 1936) was a German-American carpenter who was convicted of the abduction and murder of Charles Augustus Lindbergh Jr., the 20-month-old son of aviator Charles Lindbergh and his wife Anne Mo ...
for the
Lindbergh kidnapping
On March 1, 1932, Charles Augustus Lindbergh Jr. (born June 22, 1930), the 20-month-old son of Col. Charles Lindbergh and his wife, aviator and author Anne Morrow Lindbergh, was murdered after being abducted from his crib in the upper floor of t ...
Walter Pidgeon
Walter Davis Pidgeon (September 23, 1897 – September 25, 1984) was a Canadian-American actor. A major leading man during the Golden Age of Hollywood, known for his "portrayals of men who prove both sturdy and wise," Pidgeon earned two Academy ...
in the 1976 TV movie ''The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case'' and by
Gerald McRaney
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in ''
J. Edgar
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'' (2011), both depicting the Lindbergh trial.
See also
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List of justices of the Supreme Court of New Jersey
Current justices
List of justices before 1947
Before 1947 and particularly after 1844, the structure of the New Jersey state judiciary was incredibly complex. In some cases, it is not entirely clear whether the following justices served on the ...
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New Jersey Court of Errors and Appeals
Prior to 1947, the structure of the judiciary in New Jersey was extremely complex, including Court of Errors and Appeals in the last resort in all causes.
The Court of Errors and Appeals was the highest court in the U.S. state of New Jersey from ...
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Courts of New Jersey
Courts of New Jersey include:
;State courts of New Jersey
*New Jersey Supreme Court (previously the New Jersey Court of Errors and Appeals)
**New Jersey Superior Court
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