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  Volume 01, 1954 Trial Transcript: Defendant's Bill of Exceptions and Voir Dire (Part 1)

  Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas

  Trial transcript, pages 1-451, covering October 18, 1954 morning session through October 20, 1954 morning session

  Includes index; list of state's exhibits; list of defense exhibits; defense motion for continuance and change of venue; first part of jury voir dire

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  Volume 02, 1954 Trial Transcript: Defendant's Bill of Exceptions and Voir Dire (Part 2)

  Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas

  Trial transcript, pages 452-1098, covering October 20, 1954 morning session through October 26, 1954 morning session

  Includes defense motion for continuance and change of venue; second part of jury voir dire

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  Volume 03, 1954 Trial Transcript: Defendant's Bill of Exceptions and Voir Dire (Part 3)

  Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas

  Trial transcript, pages 1099-1640, covering October 26, 1954 morning session to November 4, 1954 morning session

  Includes third part of jury voir dire; defense motion for continuance and change of venue; acceptance of jury panel; selection of alternates; motion to convey jury to Sheppard home

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  Volume 04, 1954 Trial Transcript: Opening Statements, State Witnesses Dr. Lester Adelson, Don Ahern, Nancy Ahern

  Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas

  Trial transcript, pages 1641-2247, covering November 4, 1954 morning session to November 9, 1954 morning session

  Includes prosecutor's opening statements; defendant's opening statements; testimony of Dr. Lester Adelson, Deputy Coroner; testimony of Don Ahern and Nancy Ahern (friends of the Sheppards who were at the Sheppard home on the evening of July 3, 1954); index of witnesses

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  Volume 05, 1954 Trial Transcript: State's Witnesses J. Spencer Houk, Esther Houk, Patrolman Fred Drenkhan, Chief of Police John P. Eaton, Lawrence Houk

  Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas

  Trial transcript, pages 2248-2955, covering November 9, 1954 morning session to November 15, 1954 afternoon session

  Includes testimony of state witnesses J. Spencer Houk, mayor of Bay Village and friend of the Sheppards; Esther Houk, J. Spencer Houk's wife; Lawrence Houk, Esther and J. Spencer's son; Fred Drenkhan, Bay Village Police patrolman; John P. Eaton, Bay Village Chief of Police

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  Volume 06, 1954 Trial Transcript: State's Witness Dr. Samuel R. Gerber, Cuyahoga County Coroner

  Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas

  Trial transcript, pages 2956-3549, covering November 16, 1954 to November 18, 1954.

  Includes testimony of Samuel R. Gerber, Cuyahoga County Coroner

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  Volume 07, 1954 Trial Transcript: State's Witnesses - Members of the Cleveland Police Department, the Sheppards' Housekeeper, Dr. Lester Hoversten

  Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas

  Trial transcript, pages 3550-4171, covering November 18, 1954 morning session to November 23, 1954

  Testimony of Robert Schottke and Patrick Gareau, Cleveland Police detectives; Carl Rossbach, Cuyahoga County deputy sheriff; Dr. Lester Hoversten, friend of the Sheppards who had been staying at the Sheppard home; Earl Johnston, assistant custodian at the Cuyahoga County Coroner's office; Richard Sommer, Bay Village fireman; Cyril Lipaj, Bay Village police officer; Elnora Helms, Sheppards' housekeeper; Michael S. Grabowski, Cleveland Police Fingerprint Unit; Jerome Poelking, Cleveland Police Department Scientific Investigation Unit

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  Volume 08, 1954 Trial Transcript: State's Witnesses; Recross of Fred Drenkhan; Recall of Coroner Gerber; Defense Motions

  Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas

  Trial transcript, pages 4172-5012, covering November 23, 1954 to December 2, 1954 morning session

  Includes testimony of Doris Bender, who observed lights on in the Sheppard Home during the early morning hours of July 4, 1954; John Tronti and Arthur H. Beaird, who were fishing at a Lake Erie pier near the Sheppard home the morning of July 4; Jerry Schumacher, also on the pier; Bill Halenkamp, a high school student who helped police search around the beach and Sheppard home; Fred Drenkhan, Bay Village Police Department patrolman; Henry Dombrowski, Cleveland Police Scientific Investigation Unit, Laboratory Section; Dr. Richard Hexter, who examined Sam Sheppard on July 4; Mary Cowan, Medical Technologist, Cuyahoga County Coroner's Office; Coroner Samuel Gerber; Worth Munn, relative of Marilyn Sheppard who saw Sam Sheppard at Bay View Hospital on July 4; Thomas Weigle, relative of Marilyn Sheppard who testified that he saw Sam Sheppard beat his son, Chip; Susan Hayes, Sam Sheppard's mistress; defense motion for continuance renewal; discussion re: exhibits and the state rests; defendant's motion to dismiss

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  Volume 09, 1954 Trial Transcript: Defense Witness Stephen Sheppard and Questioning of Jury re: Walter Winchell Broadcast

  Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas

  Trial transcript, pages 5013-5594, covering December 2, 1954 to December 6, 1954

  Includes testimony of defense witness Dr. Stephen Allen Sheppard, Sam Sheppard's brother; discussion re: possible bias caused by Walter Winchell radio broadcast; questioning the jurors re: broadcast

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  Volume 10, 1954 Trial Transcript: Defense Witnesses

  Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas

  Trial transcript, pages 5595-6021, covering December 6, 1954 to December 9, 1954

  Includes testimony of defense witnesses Betty Sheppard, sister-in-law of Sam Sheppard and wife of Stephen Sheppard; Dr. Richard N. Sheppard, brother of Sam Sheppard; Dr. Thomas Dozier and Dr. William Blake Selnick, who worked at Bay View Hospital with Sam Sheppard; Anna Franz, Marcella Hahn, Elizabeth Ann Vetter, and Mildred Harridge, nurses at Bay View Hospital; Eileen Huge, Bay View X-ray technician; Dr. Clifford Foster, Bay View ear, nose, and throat specialist; Dr. Richard E. Koch, Sam Sheppard's dentist; Dr. Gervase Flick, osteopathic physician at Bay View Hospital; Belle Brown, previous owner of the Sheppard home; Kenneth H. Benjamin, former classmate of Marilyn Sheppard; Robert J. Mickey, landscaper for the Sheppards; Dr. Jack J. Brill, doctor at Bay View Hospital; John F. Curry, County Commissioner (re: his role as arbiter for reward offered by Sam Sheppard); Carl R. Schuele, neighbor of the Sheppards; Miles David Davis, Bay Village resident who testified about an intruder in his home in September, 1954; Thomas Uhle, Sam Sheppard's insurance agent; Elmira Johnston, telephone operator at Bay View Hospital; Elmo W. Howell, Mrs. Elmo Howell, and Lavelle Miller, friends of the Sheppards

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  Volume 11, 1954 Trial Transcript: Defense Witnesses; Testimony of Dr. Sam Sheppard

  Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas

  Trial transcript, pages 6022-6643, covering December 9, 1954 to December 13, 1954

  Includes testimony of defense witnesses Leo Stawicki and Richard Knitter, who saw a bushy-haired man on Lake Road the morning of the murder; John Eaton, Bay Village Chief of Police; Seymour Rosen, friend of the Sheppards; Alfred Kreke, the Sheppards' minister; Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Paine and Lawrence G. Carmen, neighbors of the Sheppards; Dr. Sam Sheppard

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  Volume 12, 1954 Trial Transcript: Defense Witnesses; Defense Motions; Closing Arguments; Jury Instructions; Verdict; Hearing for Motion for New Trial and to Present New Evidence

  Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas

  Trial transcript pages 6644-7192, covering December 13, 1954 to December 21, 1954; hearing on the motion for a new trial, December 30, 1954 to January 3, 1955; filing of bill of exceptions, January 31, 1955

  Includes testimony of defense witnesses Dr. Horace M. Don, friend of Sam Sheppard who interned at Bay View Hospital; Dr. John Frank Novatney, Marilyn Sheppard's dentist; Dr. Charles Elkins, neurosurgeon who examined Sam Sheppard on July 4; Paul L. Teare, Bell Telephone worker who testified about phone records; Mary Brown, Marilyn Sheppard's aunt; the defense rests; renewal of defense motions; state's rebuttal witness Jay Hubach, Bay Village Police sergeant; closing arguments; jury instructions; defense exceptions; verdict

  Motion for a new trial; witness Gus Dallas, Plain Dealer reporter; Lucille Williams, Louise Feuchter, and James Bird, jurors in trial; motion to present new evidence; Edgar Francis, bailiff during trial; Julian Wilson, Associated Press photographer; court's ruling on motion