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Selected Court Documents from the Chicago Black Sox Trial

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Joe Jackson's Statement ("Confession") Before the Grand Jury, September 28, 1920
(29 page-document in PDF format)

Statement of Claude "Lefty" Williams (September, 1920)

Criminal Subpoena for Joe Jackson (scan) (October, 1920)

Petition of George "Buck" Weaver and Joe Jackson (arguing their innocence)(February, 1921)

People vs Edward Cicotte, et al.: Bill of Particulars (February, 1921)

Indictment (March, 1921)

True Bill (scan)(March, 1921)

Trial Testimony (July, 1921)

Trial Summations (August, 1921)

Signed Verdict Form for Gandil (scan)(August, 1921)

Home  Trial Account

Other Resources

  • The Black Sox Trial: An Account
  • Chronology Of The Chicago Black Sox Scandal
  • Diagram of a Fix
  • The Eight Men Out
  • The Black Sox Trial: Biographies of Key Figures
  • 1919 World Series, Game by Game
  • The Chicago Black Sox: Player Statistics
  • Selected Court Documents from the Chicago Black Sox Trial
  • In Quotes: What Americans Had to Say About the Scandal that Shook Baseball
  • Statement of Commissioner Landis
  • 1919 to 1921: Other Events of the Black Sox Years
  • The Chicago Black Sox Trial: Selected Images
  • Chicago "Black Sox" Scandal: Links & Bibliography
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