charlesbecker

Presumably the trial of Charles Becker, which took place in 1912. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Becker Charles Becker (July 26, 1870 – July 30, 1915) was a New York City police officer in the 1890s-1910s and who was tried, convicted and executed for ordering the murder of a Manhattan gambler, Herman Rosenthal in the Becker-Rosenthal trial. Becker was the first American police officer to receive the death penalty for murder. The scandal that surrounded his arrest, conviction, and execution was one of the most important in Progressive Era New York in the 1890s to 1910s.

They used to publicly transport and convey the jury?

Well hey, those guys had to eat something . . . .

Charles Becker was the first American police officer to receive the death penalty for murder. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Becker

A dubious debut.

he's the only NYPD officer to ever have been executed, too. I found this via a book review on the british guardian website: books.guardian.co.uk/review/story/0,,2270898,00.html sounds like becker had a very interesting life.

Here is article about Charles Becker from Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Becker Becker went to the electric chair in Sing Sing three years later, in 1915.

See query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9807E4D61630E233A... 'October 30, 1912, Wednesday Charles Becker, the ex-Police Lieutenant and convicted murderer of Herman Rosenthal, who will be sentenced to death this morning by Justice Goff, in the extraordinary term of the Supreme Court, where his trial ended last Thursday night, has spent his time since then in considering the names of many lawyers as possible successors to his present counsel, Messrs. John F. McIntyre, John W. Hart, Lloyd Stryker, and George W. Whiteside.' See also www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/2405655750/ and www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/2423488718/

We'll fix the date and add a subject note. Thanks!

A Bain/LOC closeup photo portrait of Charles Becker: