Join the jury pool at the Carnegie Library Museum in Perry for an afternoon of old-school law and order Saturday, Oct. 22 at 1:30 p.m.
Lawyers, witnesses, judge and clerk of court, each played by costumed interpreters, will recreate real Iowa court cases from the 1870s.
Was Patrick Law thrown from a moving train by a conductor?
Is Lena Tangen a grieving widow or a swindling gold-digger? Will her step-daughters get all the money in the will?
Is the Kimball Music Company cheating its customers, or is Roberta Sears trying to steal a fancy piano?
Members of the audience will sit on the jury, hear the evidence and render their verdict. Find out if their verdicts match those of their 19th-century predecessors.
All costumed parts will be presented by staff of the Living History Farms in Urbandale.
The court comes to order in the downstairs court room of the Carnegie Library Museum, 1123 Willis Ave. in Perry. The event is free and open to the public.
