Edward A. Haggerty Jr., A Former Criminal District Court Judge Who Presided Over The 1967 Trial Of Clay Shaw For Conspiracy In The Assassination Of President John F. Kennedy, Died Sunday At Humana Hospital. He Was 77.
Mr. Haggerty Was Elected To The Bench In 1956 To Fill The Term Of Judge Fred Oser, Who Retired. He Was Elected To A Full Term In 1960 And Was Judge Of Section C Until November 1970.
A Native Of New Orleans, Mr. Haggerty Was The Son Of The Late Edward A. Haggerty Sr., Longtime Clerk Of The Criminal District Court. He Graduated From St. Aloysius High School In 1932 And Attended Harvard University Before Receiving His Law Degree From Loyola University Law School In 1940. Two Years Later, He Was Named Assistant District Attorney Under District Attorney J. Bernard Cocke. He Served 11 Years Under Five District Attorneys, Including Leon D. Hubert, Severn T. Darden, Herve Racivitch And
James O'connor. He Was Chief Prosecutor In The Diddie Woolfolk Cooper Murder Trial In 1954. The Trial Of Shaw, Former Managing Director Of The International Trade Mart, Lasted 40 Days Before His Acquittal.
Mr. Haggerty, Who Loved Parties And Would Demonstrate His Tenor Voice With Little Urging, Ran Afoul Of Authorities On Dec. 17, 1969, When He Was Arrested In A Vice Squad Raid On A Stag Party At The Deville Motor Hotel. The Obscenity Charges Against Him Were Thrown Out By Judge Matthew Braniff, Who Ruled That The Key Evidence Was Inadmissible. However, A State Judiciary Commission Was Convened And Recommended Haggerty's Removal From The Bench. The Louisiana Supreme Court, In A 6-1 Decision, Ordered Him Removed From The Bench For 'Willful And Intentional' Misconduct.
During World War II, Mr. Haggerty Served 3 1/2 Years In The Navy, Participating In The Invasions Of Saipan And Tinian In The Pacific. He Is Survived By His Wife, Yolande Millet Haggerty, And Two Sisters, Dotty Granen And Bessie Haney. A Mass Will Be Said Wednesday At 1 P.M. At Lake Lawn Metairie Funeral Home Chapel, 5100 Pontchartrain Blvd. Burial
Will Be In Lake Lawn Park Cemetery.
(Times Picayune 12-4-1990)
Mr. Haggerty Was Elected To The Bench In 1956 To Fill The Term Of Judge Fred Oser, Who Retired. He Was Elected To A Full Term In 1960 And Was Judge Of Section C Until November 1970.
A Native Of New Orleans, Mr. Haggerty Was The Son Of The Late Edward A. Haggerty Sr., Longtime Clerk Of The Criminal District Court. He Graduated From St. Aloysius High School In 1932 And Attended Harvard University Before Receiving His Law Degree From Loyola University Law School In 1940. Two Years Later, He Was Named Assistant District Attorney Under District Attorney J. Bernard Cocke. He Served 11 Years Under Five District Attorneys, Including Leon D. Hubert, Severn T. Darden, Herve Racivitch And
James O'connor. He Was Chief Prosecutor In The Diddie Woolfolk Cooper Murder Trial In 1954. The Trial Of Shaw, Former Managing Director Of The International Trade Mart, Lasted 40 Days Before His Acquittal.
Mr. Haggerty, Who Loved Parties And Would Demonstrate His Tenor Voice With Little Urging, Ran Afoul Of Authorities On Dec. 17, 1969, When He Was Arrested In A Vice Squad Raid On A Stag Party At The Deville Motor Hotel. The Obscenity Charges Against Him Were Thrown Out By Judge Matthew Braniff, Who Ruled That The Key Evidence Was Inadmissible. However, A State Judiciary Commission Was Convened And Recommended Haggerty's Removal From The Bench. The Louisiana Supreme Court, In A 6-1 Decision, Ordered Him Removed From The Bench For 'Willful And Intentional' Misconduct.
During World War II, Mr. Haggerty Served 3 1/2 Years In The Navy, Participating In The Invasions Of Saipan And Tinian In The Pacific. He Is Survived By His Wife, Yolande Millet Haggerty, And Two Sisters, Dotty Granen And Bessie Haney. A Mass Will Be Said Wednesday At 1 P.M. At Lake Lawn Metairie Funeral Home Chapel, 5100 Pontchartrain Blvd. Burial
Will Be In Lake Lawn Park Cemetery.
(Times Picayune 12-4-1990)
Edward A. Haggerty Jr., A Former Criminal District Court Judge Who Presided Over The 1967 Trial Of Clay Shaw For Conspiracy In The Assassination Of President John F. Kennedy, Died Sunday At Humana Hospital. He Was 77.
Mr. Haggerty Was Elected To The Bench In 1956 To Fill The Term Of Judge Fred Oser, Who Retired. He Was Elected To A Full Term In 1960 And Was Judge Of Section C Until November 1970.
A Native Of New Orleans, Mr. Haggerty Was The Son Of The Late Edward A. Haggerty Sr., Longtime Clerk Of The Criminal District Court. He Graduated From St. Aloysius High School In 1932 And Attended Harvard University Before Receiving His Law Degree From Loyola University Law School In 1940. Two Years Later, He Was Named Assistant District Attorney Under District Attorney J. Bernard Cocke. He Served 11 Years Under Five District Attorneys, Including Leon D. Hubert, Severn T. Darden, Herve Racivitch And
James O'connor. He Was Chief Prosecutor In The Diddie Woolfolk Cooper Murder Trial In 1954. The Trial Of Shaw, Former Managing Director Of The International Trade Mart, Lasted 40 Days Before His Acquittal.
Mr. Haggerty, Who Loved Parties And Would Demonstrate His Tenor Voice With Little Urging, Ran Afoul Of Authorities On Dec. 17, 1969, When He Was Arrested In A Vice Squad Raid On A Stag Party At The Deville Motor Hotel. The Obscenity Charges Against Him Were Thrown Out By Judge Matthew Braniff, Who Ruled That The Key Evidence Was Inadmissible. However, A State Judiciary Commission Was Convened And Recommended Haggerty's Removal From The Bench. The Louisiana Supreme Court, In A 6-1 Decision, Ordered Him Removed From The Bench For 'Willful And Intentional' Misconduct.
During World War II, Mr. Haggerty Served 3 1/2 Years In The Navy, Participating In The Invasions Of Saipan And Tinian In The Pacific. He Is Survived By His Wife, Yolande Millet Haggerty, And Two Sisters, Dotty Granen And Bessie Haney. A Mass Will Be Said Wednesday At 1 P.M. At Lake Lawn Metairie Funeral Home Chapel, 5100 Pontchartrain Blvd. Burial
Will Be In Lake Lawn Park Cemetery.
(Times Picayune 12-4-1990)
Mr. Haggerty Was Elected To The Bench In 1956 To Fill The Term Of Judge Fred Oser, Who Retired. He Was Elected To A Full Term In 1960 And Was Judge Of Section C Until November 1970.
A Native Of New Orleans, Mr. Haggerty Was The Son Of The Late Edward A. Haggerty Sr., Longtime Clerk Of The Criminal District Court. He Graduated From St. Aloysius High School In 1932 And Attended Harvard University Before Receiving His Law Degree From Loyola University Law School In 1940. Two Years Later, He Was Named Assistant District Attorney Under District Attorney J. Bernard Cocke. He Served 11 Years Under Five District Attorneys, Including Leon D. Hubert, Severn T. Darden, Herve Racivitch And
James O'connor. He Was Chief Prosecutor In The Diddie Woolfolk Cooper Murder Trial In 1954. The Trial Of Shaw, Former Managing Director Of The International Trade Mart, Lasted 40 Days Before His Acquittal.
Mr. Haggerty, Who Loved Parties And Would Demonstrate His Tenor Voice With Little Urging, Ran Afoul Of Authorities On Dec. 17, 1969, When He Was Arrested In A Vice Squad Raid On A Stag Party At The Deville Motor Hotel. The Obscenity Charges Against Him Were Thrown Out By Judge Matthew Braniff, Who Ruled That The Key Evidence Was Inadmissible. However, A State Judiciary Commission Was Convened And Recommended Haggerty's Removal From The Bench. The Louisiana Supreme Court, In A 6-1 Decision, Ordered Him Removed From The Bench For 'Willful And Intentional' Misconduct.
During World War II, Mr. Haggerty Served 3 1/2 Years In The Navy, Participating In The Invasions Of Saipan And Tinian In The Pacific. He Is Survived By His Wife, Yolande Millet Haggerty, And Two Sisters, Dotty Granen And Bessie Haney. A Mass Will Be Said Wednesday At 1 P.M. At Lake Lawn Metairie Funeral Home Chapel, 5100 Pontchartrain Blvd. Burial
Will Be In Lake Lawn Park Cemetery.
(Times Picayune 12-4-1990)
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