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Oval portrait of Frank T. Lloyd
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Frank T. Lloyd

Frank T. Lloyd (1859–1951) was a Camden printer turned lawyer who served in the New Jersey Assembly, as Camden County Prosecutor, as a Circuit Court judge from 1906 and as a New Jersey Supreme Court Justice from 1924 until his retirement in 1938.

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Camden NJ Scrip - 1936
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City Scrip to Pass Million This Week

Tax Payments Redeem $610,000; County's $481, 000 Cut to $170,000 Editor's Note: During the height of the Depression in the 1930's, Camden, like many other municipalities in New Jersey and the United States, was having problems paying its bills.

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Lloyd Criticizes Localities for Diverting Money

Supreme Court Justice Frank T. Lloyd yesterday "laid down the law" to four Camden county municipalities at a hearing of the county's mandamus proceedings to compel payment of $426,952 in back taxes for the years 1930, 1931 and 1932.

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Newspaper article, Prisoner Fought in State Capitol
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Prisoner Fought in State Capitol

A sensation was created in the Assembly Chamber this afternoon when County Detective John F. Smith, of Camden, placed Samuel G. Warwick, of Glassboro, under arrest on a warrant charging him with threatening to take the lives of Sheriff J. Wesley Sell and Prosecutor Frank T. Lloyd.

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Philadelphia Inquirer page On the Conductors and the Motormen: Trolley Gifts Are Indorsed in New Jersey, with eight portraits
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On the Conductors and the Motormen

There is a determined effort in Camden to keep pace with other cities that have indorsed The Inquirer's plan to give cheer to trolley conductors and motormen.

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Philadelphia Inquirer, May 11, 1900: "Abbatto Hanged in Camden Jail", on Sheriff Sell's first hanging.
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Abbatto Hanged in Camden Jail

Francisco Abbatto, convicted of the murder of Genaro DeFeo near Blue Anchor, was hanged at the Camden County Jail on May 10, 1900, the first hanging conducted by Sheriff John Wesley Sell; the gallows stood in the loft at the Broadway and Federal streets corner of the building.

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Philadelphia Inquirer article Politicians' Day at Mt. Holly about Big Thursday at the Burlington County Fair, with two illustrations
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Politicians' Day at Mt. Holly

The Mount Holly Fair, like all the other Jersey fairs, has its "Big Thursday." That is the day the politicians get together to shake hands, swop stories and look after the political machine generally.

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Philadelphia Inquirer clipping, April 15, 1893: Hill Faced Death with Firmness, on the hanging of John Hill in Camden
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Hill Faced Death with Firmness

John Hill, in his 18th year, was hanged at the Camden County Jail for the murder of Joseph Dodson, the first execution on Camden County's new gallows, less than six months after he shot Dodson near Reed & Derrickson's saloon at Seventh and Sycamore streets.

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