Biographies of Key Figures in the Shipp Case

Key Contempt Defendant
Sheriff Joseph F. Shipp

Defense Attorneys for Johnson
Noah Parden
Lewis Shepherd

Judge in the Johnson Case
Judge Samuel McReynolds

Defense Attorney for Shipp
Judson Harmon

Lead Prosecutor in the Shipp Case
Assistant Attorney General Edward Sanford

Key U. S. Supreme Court Justice
Justice John Marshall Harlan

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