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| name=Edward A. Haggerty, Jr.
(New Orleans attorney and jurist who presided over the Clay Shaw conspiracy trial in the assassination of President John F. Kennedy)
| nationality=[[United States|American]]
| birth_date=October 1, 1913
| birth_place=[[New Orleans]], [[Louisiana]]
| death_date=December 2, 1990 (aged 77)
| death_place=New Orleans, Louisiana<br>
'''Resting place''': <br>
Lake Lawn Park Cemetery.in New Orleans
| spouse=Yolande C. Millet Haggerty (married 1947-1990, his death)<br>
'''Parents''':<br>
Edward, Sr., and Georgiana O'Neil Haggerty<br>
'''Alma mater''':<br>
St. Aloysius High School (New Orleans)<br>
[[Harvard University]]<br>
Loyola University New Orleans School of Law}}
'''Edward A. Haggerty, Jr.''' (October 1, 1913 – December 2, 1990), was an [[attorney]] and jurist from his native [[New Orleans]], [[Louisiana]].<ref name=findagrave>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/158552319/edward-a-haggerty|title=Judge Edward A. Haggerty, Jr.|publisher=Finagrave.com|accessdate=April 15, 2020}}</ref>
==Background==
Haggerty was one of four children of Edward Haggerty, Sr. (1884-1970), the long-term clerk of the Orleans Parish Criminal District Court,.and the former Georgiana O’Neil (1888-1964), he graduated as the [[valedictorian]] in 1932 from the [[Roman Catholic]] St. Aloysius High School. He attended [[Harvard University]]. In 1940, he received the LL.B degree from the Catholic-affiliated Loyola University New Orleans School of Law. That same year he was admitted to the practice of law in Louisiana.<ref name=lahist>{{cite web|url=https://www.lahistory.org/resources/dictionary-louisiana-biography/dictionary-louisiana-biography-h/|title=Haggerty, Edward A., Jr.|publisher=''A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography'': Louisiana Historical Association|accessdate=April 15, 2020}}</ref><ref>''A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography'' bases its article from Paulette Holahan, ed., ''Biography of Louisiana Judges'' (1985).</ref>
In 1947, Haggerty married the former Yolande C. Millet (1917-2016); the couple lost their only child, Edward, III, who died at birth.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/161510890/yolande-haggerty|title=Yolande Millet Haggerty|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=April 15, 2020}}</ref>
==Career==
From 1935 to 1941, he was a deputy clerk for the New Orleans Criminal District Court. After a year in private practice, he was appointed in 1942 as the Orleans Parish assistant district attorney. During [[World War II]], he served from 1942 to 1946 in the [[United States Navy]], having participated in the [[Pacific Ocean|Pacific]] invasions of Saipan and Tinian.<ref name=findagrave/> Thereafter, he was a member of the United States Naval Reserves. He returned in 1946 to the DA's office and served a total of eleven years under five district attorneys. He was chief prosecutor In the 1954 trial of James L. Cooper, a French Quarter [[restaurant]] owner charged with the murder of his wife, Diddie Woolfolk Cooper.<ref name=findagrave/>
<ref>{{cite web|url=https://core.ac.uk/display/48348701|title=Indicted for Murder of Wife|publisher=core.ac.uk|accessdate=April 15, 2020}}</ref>
On July 31, 1956, the [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] Haggerty was elected [[judge]] of the New Orleans Criminal District Court to succeed the retiring Fred Oser. Haggerty was reelected in 1960. He presided over the 1967 [[conspiracy]] trial of New Orleans [[business]]man Clay LaVerne Shaw (1913-1974), the former managing director of the International Trade Mart who was accused of plotting the assassination of [[U.S. President]] [[John F. Kennedy]]. Shaw's prosecutor was then then DA James Carothers"Jim" Garrison (1921-1992. After a 40-day sensational trial, Shaw was acquitted after only one hour of jury deliberations.<ref name=findagrave/>
Haggerty was arrested on December 16, 1969, by the New Orleans Police Department vice squad in a raid on a “stag party” at the Deville Motor Hotel. He beat the obscenity charges on a technicality: the case was thrown out by Judge Matthew Braniff, who declared that key evidence was inadmissible. However, a State Judiciary Commission recommended Haggerty's removal from the bench. In turn, he was stripped of his judgeship on a six-to-one vote of the Louisiana Supreme Court.<ref name=lahist/>
Haggerty died in New Orleans at the age of seventy-seven and is interred there at Lake Lawn Park Cemetery.<ref>''The New Orleans Times-Picayune,'' December 4. 1990.</ref>
==References==
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[[Category:Louisiana People]]
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[[Category:Democrats]]
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[[Category:World War II]]
| name=Edward A. Haggerty, Jr.
(New Orleans attorney and jurist who presided over the Clay Shaw conspiracy trial in the assassination of President John F. Kennedy)
| nationality=[[United States|American]]
| birth_date=October 1, 1913
| birth_place=[[New Orleans]], [[Louisiana]]
| death_date=December 2, 1990 (aged 77)
| death_place=New Orleans, Louisiana<br>
'''Resting place''': <br>
Lake Lawn Park Cemetery.in New Orleans
| spouse=Yolande C. Millet Haggerty (married 1947-1990, his death)<br>
'''Parents''':<br>
Edward, Sr., and Georgiana O'Neil Haggerty<br>
'''Alma mater''':<br>
St. Aloysius High School (New Orleans)<br>
[[Harvard University]]<br>
Loyola University New Orleans School of Law}}
'''Edward A. Haggerty, Jr.''' (October 1, 1913 – December 2, 1990), was an [[attorney]] and jurist from his native [[New Orleans]], [[Louisiana]].<ref name=findagrave>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/158552319/edward-a-haggerty|title=Judge Edward A. Haggerty, Jr.|publisher=Finagrave.com|accessdate=April 15, 2020}}</ref>
==Background==
Haggerty was one of four children of Edward Haggerty, Sr. (1884-1970), the long-term clerk of the Orleans Parish Criminal District Court,.and the former Georgiana O’Neil (1888-1964), he graduated as the [[valedictorian]] in 1932 from the [[Roman Catholic]] St. Aloysius High School. He attended [[Harvard University]]. In 1940, he received the LL.B degree from the Catholic-affiliated Loyola University New Orleans School of Law. That same year he was admitted to the practice of law in Louisiana.<ref name=lahist>{{cite web|url=https://www.lahistory.org/resources/dictionary-louisiana-biography/dictionary-louisiana-biography-h/|title=Haggerty, Edward A., Jr.|publisher=''A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography'': Louisiana Historical Association|accessdate=April 15, 2020}}</ref><ref>''A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography'' bases its article from Paulette Holahan, ed., ''Biography of Louisiana Judges'' (1985).</ref>
In 1947, Haggerty married the former Yolande C. Millet (1917-2016); the couple lost their only child, Edward, III, who died at birth.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/161510890/yolande-haggerty|title=Yolande Millet Haggerty|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=April 15, 2020}}</ref>
==Career==
From 1935 to 1941, he was a deputy clerk for the New Orleans Criminal District Court. After a year in private practice, he was appointed in 1942 as the Orleans Parish assistant district attorney. During [[World War II]], he served from 1942 to 1946 in the [[United States Navy]], having participated in the [[Pacific Ocean|Pacific]] invasions of Saipan and Tinian.<ref name=findagrave/> Thereafter, he was a member of the United States Naval Reserves. He returned in 1946 to the DA's office and served a total of eleven years under five district attorneys. He was chief prosecutor In the 1954 trial of James L. Cooper, a French Quarter [[restaurant]] owner charged with the murder of his wife, Diddie Woolfolk Cooper.<ref name=findagrave/>
<ref>{{cite web|url=https://core.ac.uk/display/48348701|title=Indicted for Murder of Wife|publisher=core.ac.uk|accessdate=April 15, 2020}}</ref>
On July 31, 1956, the [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] Haggerty was elected [[judge]] of the New Orleans Criminal District Court to succeed the retiring Fred Oser. Haggerty was reelected in 1960. He presided over the 1967 [[conspiracy]] trial of New Orleans [[business]]man Clay LaVerne Shaw (1913-1974), the former managing director of the International Trade Mart who was accused of plotting the assassination of [[U.S. President]] [[John F. Kennedy]]. Shaw's prosecutor was then then DA James Carothers"Jim" Garrison (1921-1992. After a 40-day sensational trial, Shaw was acquitted after only one hour of jury deliberations.<ref name=findagrave/>
Haggerty was arrested on December 16, 1969, by the New Orleans Police Department vice squad in a raid on a “stag party” at the Deville Motor Hotel. He beat the obscenity charges on a technicality: the case was thrown out by Judge Matthew Braniff, who declared that key evidence was inadmissible. However, a State Judiciary Commission recommended Haggerty's removal from the bench. In turn, he was stripped of his judgeship on a six-to-one vote of the Louisiana Supreme Court.<ref name=lahist/>
Haggerty died in New Orleans at the age of seventy-seven and is interred there at Lake Lawn Park Cemetery.<ref>''The New Orleans Times-Picayune,'' December 4. 1990.</ref>
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Haggerty, Edward}}
[[Category:Louisiana People]]
[[Category:Attorneys]]
[[Category:Judges]]
[[Category:Democrats]]
[[Category:Catholics]]
[[Category:Catholic Politicians]]
[[Category:United States Navy]]
[[Category:World War II]]