Hugh A. Cregg (second from left) and unidentified men

Item Information

Title:
Hugh A. Cregg (second from left) and unidentified men
Description:
"Essex County, Mass., District Attorney who functioned as cross-examiner in a number of high-profile murder cases such as the 1934 Berrett-Molway trial and the 1933 Costello murder trial. Photographed here at Costello trial at which Jessie Costello was, through her charm and personality, acquitted of murdering her husband, Peabody fireman William Costello, by cyanide poisoning."
Photographer:
Blackington, Alton H.
Date:
[ca. 1933]
Format:
Photographs
Genre:
Glass plate negatives
Location:
Special Collections and University Archives, University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries
Collection (local):
Alton H. Blackington Collection
Subjects:
Public prosecutors--Massachusetts--Essex County--Photographs
Cregg, Hugh A.
Places:
Massachusetts
Extent:
1 photograph ; 8.5 x 10 cm
Link to Item:
https://credo.library.umass.edu/view/full/muph061-sl155-i002
Terms of Use:
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Place of origin:
Salem (Mass.)
Language:
English
Identifier:
muph061-sl155-i002