John J. Speight

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John J. Speight (far right) at the Pohl trial

John J. Speight (*?, Approx. 1885–90; † July 24, 1954 in Washington, DC ) was an American lawyer. Speight was a judge in several of the Nuremberg follow-up trials from 1946–1948.

Life

John Joshua Speight grew up in Eufaula , Alabama . In 1908 Speight graduated from Washington and Lee University in Lexington , VA . There he was a member of the Fraternity Phi Gamma Delta , whose chapter at Washington and Lee University ( Zeta Deuteron ) has existed since 1868. Speight married Ruth Wood from New York City in August 1917, and they moved to their apartment in the southern United States.

Prior to his appointment to the Nuremberg Trials, Speight had no experience as a judge, but he had practiced as a lawyer for more than 30 years. He did, however, have experience as a Special Attorney in the Justice Department of Montgomery , Alabama.

In early 1947 Speight was appointed as an alternate judge in the milk trial . Even Michael Musmanno was there judges and chaired by Robert M. Toms . From January to November 1947 Speight was a judge (Alternate Judge) in the Pohl trial , there too Musmanno sat on the bench. In 1947/48 Speight was one of three judges in the Einsatzgruppen trial, chaired by Michael A. Musmanno.

literature

  • Hilary Earl: The Nuremberg SS-Einsatzgruppen Trial, 1945–1958: Atrocity, Law, and History . Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 2009, ISBN 978-0-521-45608-1 .
  • Mattie Thomas Thompson: The History of Barbour County, Alabama . Eufaula, 1939.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ The Phi Gamma Delta , Vol. 78, No. 1, September 1955, p. 32.
  2. ^ Albert Burton Moore: History of Alabama and her people , Vol. 3. The American Historical Society, Chicago 1927, p. 130.
  3. ↑ The Phi Gamma Delta , Vol. 37 from 1917, p. 302.
  4. ^ Hilary Earl: The Nuremberg SS-Einsatzgruppen Trial . Cambridge 2009, p. 219.
  5. ↑ Kentucky state bar journal , Vol. 12-13. Kentucky State Bar Association, 1947, p. 14.
  6. ^ Records of the United States Nuremberg War Crimes Trials , Vol. 2, United States Government Printing Office , District of Columbia 1950, p. 359 .
  7. ^ Records of the United States Nuremberg War Crimes Trials , Vol. 4, US Government Printing Office, District of Columbia 1950, p. 587 .
personal data
SURNAME Speight, John J.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Speight, John Joshua
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American lawyer and judge in several of the Nuremberg follow-up trials (1946–1948)
DATE OF BIRTH 19th century
DATE OF DEATH July 24, 1954
Place of death Washington, DC