Norfolk County Courthouse Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
The Neoclassical granite courthouse, completed in 1827 and added to at the end of the 19th century, gained fame as the scene of the Sacco-Vanzetti trial in 1921.
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The Neoclassical granite courthouse, completed in 1827 and added to at the end of the 19th century, gained fame as the scene of the Sacco-Vanzetti trial in 1921. The trial was symbolic of the controversy aroused by rising American nativism and xenophobia in the post World-War I era. The guilt of the two men, both aliens and admitted anarchists, was presumed from the outset. Although evidence of their crimes, a robbery and a murder, was largely circumstantial, they were convicted and sentenced to