Thomas F. Murphy; Prosecuted Alger Hiss Case - Los Angeles Times
1995年11月2日 · Thomas F. Murphy, 89, a prosecutor in the Alger Hiss case of 1949. A native New Yorker, Murphy was the assistant U.S. attorney designated lead prosecutor against Hiss, a former State...
The Alger Hiss Trials: Excerpts from the Trial Transcripts
However, in a devastating cross-examination, Assistant District Attorney Thomas Murphy raised serious questions about Binger's credibility. One commentator said admiringly, "Mr. Murphy just wanted plain answers to plain questions--about the most alarming assignment anyone would wish on a psychiatrist."
Thomas Francis Murphy - Wikipedia
He became head of the criminal division in 1944 and from 1949 to 1950 served as prosecutor in the two perjury trials of Alger Hiss, winning a conviction in the second after the first ended in a hung jury. [1] . Murphy served briefly as New York City Police Commissioner from September 1950 to June 1951.
Thomas Murphy, Police Head And Prosecutor of Hiss, 89
1995年10月31日 · Thomas F. Murphy, whose career in law and law enforcement brought him to the prosecutor's table in the Alger Hiss case, to the office of New York City Police Commissioner and ultimately to...
Alger Hiss - Wikipedia
Alger Hiss (November 11, 1904 – November 15, 1996) was an American government official accused in 1948 of having spied for the Soviet Union in the 1930s. The statute of limitations had expired for espionage, but he was convicted of perjury in connection with this charge in 1950.
Thomas Murphy, being a federal judge, would hardly have wanted to appear to be taking a partisan interest in the proceeding. The Clerk of the Supreme Court of the United States had very probably been informed as a courtesy in
United States v Alger Hiss - law2.umkc.edu
On December 15, 1948, the appellant testified under oath as a witness before a grand jury of the United States sitting in the Southern District of New York that he had never, nor had his wife in his presence, turned over any documents of the State Department, or of any other Government organization, or copies of such documents, to Whittaker Cham...
The Trials of Alger Hiss: A Commentary - University of Missouri ...
In his opening statement, Assistant U. S. Attorney Thomas Murphy told the twelve-person, middle-class jury, selected after questioning by Judge Samuel H. Kaufman, "If you don't believe Chambers, then we have no case." Murphy said the prosecution had no "photographs of the man lying," but would instead "corroborate Chambers's testimony by the ...
The Alger Hiss Story - Maryland State Archives
Murphy, an Assistant U.S. Attorney, was thrust into the national spotlight when he became prosecutor in both Hiss trials. After the second trial conviction, Murphy, seen here at left, was appointed first as Police Commissioner of New York City and later to the federal bench.
Hiss Guilty On Both Perjury Counts; Betrayal of U.S. Secrets Is ...
The case of "The United States of America versus Alger Hiss" rested on a two-count perjury indictment. Thomas F. Murphy, Government prosecutor, had taxed Mr. Hiss with treason and...
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