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This is the original statement that the State and County officials forced L. Louise Carpenter to sign so they would not take her to jail for allegedly burning her house down.

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This order details the payments rendered to grand jurors according to time served and distance traveled.

The document officially summons the listed individuals to appear at court on May 24, 1935, for service on a grand jury to hear the charges against L. Louise and Mary Lucy Carpenter.

This is a handwritten list of seven Black men selected for the Special Grand Jury to hear the charges against L. Louise and Mary Carpenter.

This document lists and summons the seven all-white, male jurors selected to serve during the May 1935 Term.

All-Black Special Grand Jury assembled to hear the charges against the Carpenters. Pictured from left to right, sitting: Otis Wade, James Collins, Attana Payne; standing: Ollie Tinner, Alexander White, John Pearson, Henry Page.

Photograph of Fairfax Clerk of Court Chris Falcon and Circuit Court staff.