UPDATE: I found a picture of the federal courthouse online, and I'm posting it here. I don't intend to take a picture of the courthouse myself because there is scaffolding blocking the building due to construction.
The James M. Ashley and Thomas W. L. Ashley U.S. Courthouse at 1716 Spielbusch Avenue in Downtown Toledo; this is not how it looks right now because it is going under major renovations.
Judge Zouhary's courtroom in the federal courthouse, where his sentencing took place (see blog post "1-6-2015: Sentencing")
A sign leading to the United States Attorney's Office for the Western Division of the Northern District of Ohio, where Mr. Freeman works (see blog post "1-16-2015: The Prosecutor")
The United States Department of Justice's seal inside the United States Attorney's Office for the Western Division of the Northern District of Ohio, where Mr. Freeman works (see blog post "1-16-2015: The Prosecutor")
Poom-- none of these photos (except for the courthouse) is visible.
ReplyDeleteDid you know that Thomas W.L. Ashley (and many of his relatives) is an MV graduate? He was also a 5 term US representative. I'm not sure, but I think that James Ashley was his father and that he played a major role in abolishing slavery. From Wikipedia: James Ashley was an active abolitionist who traveled with John Brown's widow on the date of Brown's execution and reported the event in the still-extant local newspaper, the Toledo Blade. In 1858, he was elected to U.S. House of Representatives of the 36th United States Congress as a Republican. While in Congress (the 37th through 40th), he served as the Chairman of the Committee on Territories, and was instrumental on the creation (naming and borders) of the territories of Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, and Washington. He also took an active role in supporting the recruitment of troops for the Union Army during the American Civil War.
During his term, he wrote a bill to abolish slavery in the District of Columbia, introduced the first bill for a constitutional amendment abolishing slavery, and initiated impeachment proceedings against President Andrew Johnson (1867). He was defeated for re-election in 1868. During the Civil War, he authored the Arizona Organic Act. Ashley was the House Majority floor manager for the passage of the 13th Amendment to the US Constitution in the House of Representatives, which he succeeded in passing by a margin of 2 votes on January 31, 1865.
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