Justice Jennings (other)
Justice Jennings may refer to: * Newell Jennings (1883–1965), associate justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court * Renz L. Jennings Renz L. Jennings (August 5, 1899 – February 11, 1983) was a justice of the Supreme Court of Arizona from December 12, 1960 to August 5, 1964. Jennings twice sought the Democratic nomination for the United States Senate, losing in 1934 and 1964 ...

Newell Jennings
Newell Jennings (May 12, 1883 – February 17, 1965) was a justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court from 1937 to 1953. Born in Bristol, Connecticut, to John J. and Elizabeth (Newell) Jennings, he attended the public schools in Bristol, "interrupted by two years of study abroad, one in Hanover, Germany, and one in Paris, France". He received his BA from Yale University in 1904, Phi Beta Kappa, and an LL.B. from Yale Law School in 1907, cum laude."Judge Newell Jennings, 'Iron Man' Dies at 81", '' Hartford Courant'' (February 18, 1965), p. 1, 4. In 1922, Governor Everett J. Lake appointed Jennings to a seat on the State Superior Court, where Jennings was most noted for presiding over the murder trial of notorious criminal Gerald Chapman. Chapman was convicted by the jury, and Jennings sentenced Chapman to death by hanging, despite threats from Chapman's confederates. In 1937, Jennings was elevated by Governor Wilbur Lucius Cross Wilbur Lucius Cross (April 10, 1862 – October 5, ...
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