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Identifier
10022357
Description
Candace (Candy) Montgomery with husband Pat Montgomery inside the old Collin County Courthouse after a Collin County jury acquitted Candace Montgomery of the charge that she murdered Betty Gore, a Wylie schoolteacher, with a 3-foot ax. The nine-woman, three-man jury returned its verdict after three hours of deliberation. The trial was moved from the new Collin County Courthouse (built 1979) to the old Collin County Courthouse (built 1876 and renovated in 1927) to provide additional seating space at the sensational trial.
Archival Date
1980-10-29
Collection Name
Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection
Collection Number
AR406-6 10/30/1980 #7420 [Frame 0]
Original Format
Negatives, Black & White
File Format
JPG
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Subjects
Trials (Murder); Sheriffs
Names
Montgomery, Candace Lynn; Montgomery, Pat
Subjects
Trials (Murder); Sheriffs