Historic Trial Transcripts

State vs. Hauptmann: The Lindbergh Baby Kidnapping and Murder Trial Transcripts, Thomas W. Trenchard Presiding

It was called the “Crime of the Century” during the six-week trial in 1935.
Bruno Richard Hauptmann was tried and convicted of the murder of Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr., the twenty-month-old son of Charles and Anne Lindbergh.

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The Lizzie Borden Trial Transcripts, Official Stenographic Report By Frank H. Burt

On the morning of August 4th, 1892, Andrew Borden was murdered in his home in Fall River, Massachusetts. Lizzie Borden at once told Bridget, the maid her father had been killed. A search of the home led to the discovery of the body of Lizzie’s stepmother, Abby Borden in a bedroom upstairs. She, too had been brutally attacked and killed.

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The Lizzie Borden Inquest Testimony, Josiah C. Blaisdell Presiding

The Inquest Testimony of Lizzie Borden was conducted over three days, from August 9th through August 11th 1892. Judge Josiah C. Blaisdell of the Second District Court presided over the proceedings held in a courtroom over the police station in Fall River, Massachusetts.

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The Lizzie Borden Preliminary Hearing, Josiah C. Blaisdell Presiding

After the inquest trial adjourned Lizzie Borden was placed under arrested. The next day Lizzie entered a plea of not guilty. She was transported to the jail in Taunton, eight miles north of Fall River, then returned to Fall River on August 22 for her preliminary hearing.

The Preliminary Hearing began on August 25, 1892. The Hearing lasted for seven days, ending on September 1, 1892. At the end of the hearing, Lizzie Borden was found “probably guilty” by Judge Blaisdell and ordered to face a grand jury and possible charges for the murder of her father and step-mother.

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Conspiracy Trial For The Murder Of The President, Edited with an introduction by Ben Perley Poore

Ben Perley Poore, a Washington correspondent of the Boston Journal, published the first two volumes in 1865 by copying the daily trial transcripts published in the Washington National Intelligencer. He published the third volume the following year.
Public interest in the trial faded and Mr. Poore didn’t publish a fourth volume.

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The Lincoln Assassination Conspiracy Trial Transcripts, Major-General David Hunter Presiding Officer

This is the complete transcript of the Abraham Lincoln assassination conspiracy trial of David E. Herold, George A. Atzerodt, Lewis Payne, Michael O’Laughlin, Edward Spangler, Samuel Arnold, Mary E. Surratt and Samuel A. Mudd.

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Report of the Trial of Levi Weeks, John Lansing Chief Justice

The murder trial transcripts of carpenter Levi Weeks. Accused of murdering young Elma Sands in December 1799 after she didn’t return to the boarding house she shared with Levi. Elma’s body was found in the “Manhattan Well”, just twenty minutes from their boarding house. Levi was the only one accused.

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Titanic Disaster Hearings and U.S. Senate Report, William Alden Smith, Chairman

The complete transcript of the United States Senate Hearings into the sinking of the RMS Titanic held just weeks after the Titanic disaster. Including the U.S. Senate final report; Titanic Disaster Report of the Committee on Commerce. With the names of all passengers, crew and their fate.

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British Investigation Into the Loss of the S.S. Titanic, Charles Bingham, Lord Mersey, Presiding

This is the complete transcript of The Formal Investigation Ordered By The Board Of Trade Into The Loss Of The RMS Titanic. The proceedings were before The Right Honorable Lord Mersey, Wreck Commissioner Of the United Kingdom. They began on 2nd May, 1912 and ended on 3rd July, 1912. Lord Mersey’s Report Of The Court was made on 30th July, 1912 and is in Volume III.

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British Investigation Into the Loss of the Steamship Lusitania, Charles Bingham, Lord Mersey, Presiding

This is the complete transcript of The Formal Investigation Ordered By The Board Of Trade Into The Loss Of The Steamship Lusitania. The proceedings were before The Right Honorable Lord Mersey, Wreck Commissioner Of the United Kingdom. They began on 15th May, 1915 and ended on 1st July, 1915.

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United States v. Jeffrey R. MacDonald, Franklin T. Dupree, Presiding

This is the unabridged trial transcript of Jeffrey Robert MacDonald, convicted in 1979 of murdering his two young daughters and pregnant wife in 1970.

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Grand Jury Hearing For The Indictment of Charles Manson, Anne F. Smith, Grand Jury Reporter

The Grand Jury Hearing to indict Charles Manson, Charles Watson, Susan Atkins, Linda Kasabian, Patricia Krenwinkel, Leslie Sankston and Steve Grogan to stand trial for the Tate LaBianca murders.

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The People of the State of California vs. Charles Manson, Susan Atkins, Leslie Van Houten and Patricia Krenwinkel, Hon. Charles H. Holder, Presiding

This is the trial transcript of the ten-month, 1970-'71 trial of Charles Manson, Susan Atkins, Leslie Van Houten and Patricia Krenwinkel, for the 1969 Tate-LaBianca murders.

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Interview of Peter Strozk: Committee on the Judiciary, Trey Gowdy, Bob Goodlatte, Chairman

The June 27, 2018 transcribed interview of Peter Strzok, the former Deputy Assistant Director of the FBI’s Counterintelligence Division. Chairman Goodlatte and Chairman Gowdy requested this interview as part of a joint investigation by the House Judiciary Committee and the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform to conduct oversight into Department of Justice’s investigation of former Secretary Clinton’s handling of classified information and related matters.

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Interview of Lisa Page: Committee on the Judiciary, Trey Gowdy, Bob Goodlatte, Chairman

The July 13, 2018 and July 16, 2018 transcribed interviews of Lisa Page, a former assistant general counsel at the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Chairman Goodlatte and Chairman Gowdy requested this interview as part of a joint investigation by the House Committee on the Judiciary and the House Committee on Oversight and Government reform regarding decisions made and not made in 2016 and 2017 by the Department of Justice and the Federal Bureau of Investigation regarding the 2016 Presidential election.

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Interview of Bruce Ohr: Committee on the Judiciary, Trey Gowdy, Bob Goodlatte, Chairman

The August 28, 21018 transcribed interview of Bruce Ohr. Chairman Goodlatte and Chairman Gowdy requested this interview as part of a joint investigation by the House Committee on the Judiciary and the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform regarding decisions made and not made in 2016 and 2017 by the Department of Justice and the Federal Bureau of Investigation regarding the 2016 Presidential election.

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New York against Donald J. Trump, Juan M. Murchan, Presiding

From April 22, 2024, through January 10, 2025, the nation watched as former President Donald J. Trump stood trial in Manhattan Criminal Court on 34 counts of falsifying business records in the first degree.