Leo and the law

Leo and the law
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Title: Leo and the law
Description:

Brooklyn Dodgers manager Leo Durocher and three other men seated at table in courtroom; rows of spectators (all male) seated behind them. Caption: "Leo and the Law: In Kings County Court today a quiet Lippy Leo Durocher, Dodger manager, pensively watches selection of jury to try him on assault charges. Left to right are Hyman Barshay, Durocher's lawyer; Durocher, Joseph Moore, Ebbets Field special patrolman, on trial with him, and State Senator Louis B. Heller, Moore's counsel."

Date: 1946
Location: Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
More Details: On verso: date stamped: Apr. 22, 1946; "Eagle staff photo."
Title from caption on verso.
Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks.
Collection: Brooklyn Dodgers
Subject: Durocher, Leo, 1906-1991.
Brooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team)
Baseball managers
Courthouses
Trials (Assault and battery)
Institution: Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn Collection.
Medium: Gelatin silver prints.
Photographic prints.
Rights: Copyright restrictions apply to the use of this image. For more information or to obtain a photographic reproduction of this image, contact the Brooklyn Collection at Brooklyn Public Library
ID: DODG 0630