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Chapter XXXIX

           

           TheCourtofQuarterSessions,PartI,wherethistrialwastotakeplace,washeldinfamousIndependenceHall,atSixthandChestnutStreets,whichwasatthistime,asithadbeenforallofacenturybefore,thecenteroflocalexecutiveandjudiciallife.Itwasalowtwo-storybuildingofredbrick,withawhitewoodencentraltowerofoldDutchandEnglishderivation,compoundedofthesquare,thecircle,andtheoctagon.ThetotalstructureconsistedofacentralportionandtwoT-shapedwingslyingtotherightandleft,whosesmall,oval-toppedold-fashionedwindowsanddoorsweresetwiththosemany-panedsashessomuchadmiredbythosewholovewhatisknownasColonialarchitecture.Here,andinanadditionknownasStateHouseRow(sincetorndown),whichextendedfromtherearofthebuildingtowardWalnutStreet,werelocatedtheofficesofthemayor,thechiefofpolice,thecitytreasurer,thechambersofcouncil,andalltheotherimportantandexecutiveofficesofthecity,togetherwiththefourbranchesofQuarterSessions,whichsattohearthegrowingdocketofcriminalcases.ThemammothcityhallwhichwassubsequentlycompletedatBroadandMarketStreetswasthenbuilding.

           Anattempthadbeenmadetoimprovethereasonablylargecourtroomsbyputtinginthemraisedplatformsofdarkwalnutsurmountedbylarge,darkwalnutdesks,behindwhichthejudgessat;buttheattemptwasnotverysuccessful.

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