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'''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=Findagrave.com|accessdate=April 15, 2020}}</ref>
'''Edward A. Haggerty, Jr.''' (October 1, 1913 – December 2, 1990), was an [[attorney]] and [[judge]] 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=Findagrave.com|accessdate=April 15, 2020}}</ref>
==Background==
==Background==
From 1935 to 1941, he was a deputy clerk for the New Orleans Criminal District Court (Division C). After a year in private practice, he was appointed in 1942 as an 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 Reserve.<ref name=lahist/>
From 1935 to 1941, he was a deputy clerk for the New Orleans Criminal District Court (Division C). After a year in private practice, he was appointed in 1942 as an 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 Reserve.<ref name=lahist/>
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 Leland "Jimmie" Cooper, Sr. (1910-1956), a [[Mississippi]] native and French Quarter [[restaurant]] owner, who was charged with the 1952 murder of his wife of one year, the former Amelie Jane “Diddie” Woolfolk Trelles (1921-1952). Cooper was acquitted of the crime.<ref name=findagrave/>
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 Leland "Jimmie" Cooper, Sr. (1910-1956), a [[Mississippi]] native and French Quarter [[restaurant]] owner, who was charged with the 1952 murder of his wife of one year, the former Amelie Jane “Diddie” Woolfolk Trelles (1921-1952). Cooper was acquitted of the crime and soon remarried but died just two years after the trial.<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><ref>{{cite web|url=
<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><ref>{{cite web|url=
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/147596308/amelie-jane-trelles_cooper|title=Amelie Jane "Diddie" Woolfolk Trelles Cooper|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=April 15, 2020}}</ref>
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/147596308/amelie-jane-trelles_cooper|title=Amelie Jane "Diddie" Woolfolk Trelles Cooper|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=April 15, 2020}}</ref>