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Sheriff James J. Crosby

Tazewell County

The Tazewell County Jail of 1892

Over a year after Tazewell County was erected by the Illinois General Assembly in...

The Third Degree: Chapter 25: Aftermath and Epilogue

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The Third Degree: Chapter 22: County board to Sheriff Crosby: ‘Clean house’

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The Third Degree: Chapter 21: An armful of petitions for impeachment

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The Third Degree: Chapter 19: The deputies’ defense team rests its case

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The Third Degree: Chapter 15: The prosecution painstakingly lays out the case

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The Third Degree: Chapter 12: The Virant manslaughter trial is moved

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The Third Degree: Chapter 10: Six indictments in September 1932

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The Third Degree: Chapter 6: Skinner sees the judge

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The Third Degree: Chapter 5: Deputy Skinner issues denials

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