* The 1973 movie Walking Tall was filmed in Henderson and elsewhere in Chester County, including important scenes filmed in the county courthouse ; many local residents served as extras or played bit parts.

The film is notable for its almost exclusive use of one set: with the exception of the film's opening, which begins outside on the steps of the courthouse and ends with the jury's final instructions before retiring, a brief final scene on the courthouse steps and two short scenes in an adjoining washroom, the entire movie takes place in the jury room.

The Marquette County Courthouse was used for courthouse scenes.

* Many scenes of My Cousin Vinny ( 1992 ) were set at the courthouse and town square, and other scenes were also shot in town.

* The 1962 film The Intruder, starring William Shatner and directed by Roger Corman, features scenes shot on location in downtown Sikeston and at the old courthouse in Charleston.

The film shows many scenes of downtown Baltimore, including the courthouse area, a scene running around the Washington Monument / Mount Vernon Place, and Fort McHenry.

Because the jury was sequestered, an attorney gag order would not have been supported by any appellate court, leading to often chaotic scenes outside the courthouse.

The courthouse scenes were filmed on a set based on the courthouse in the town square of Monticello, Georgia.

* On June 12, 2011, Talbot County, Maryland, honored Douglass by installing a seven-foot bronze statue of Douglass on the lawn of the county courthouse in Easton, Maryland.

The County of Grey receives a monthly payment ( approximately $ 12, 000 as of 2011 ) for which they have no obligation to maintain the property ; the City of Owen Sound kept the police services in the old courthouse until 1987 / 88 and then leased it to an arts council.

In 2011, the FRFF sent a letter to Henderson County requesting the removal of a nativity scene on the courthouse lawn in Athens, Texas.

When live television coverage of the Conrad Murray trial of 2011 went to break, a seal, most likely located in the courthouse where the trial took place, was shown.

Following the murder ( during the 2011 Tucson shooting, by Jared Loughner ) of the Arizona District's Chief Judge at the time, Judge John M. Roll, a federal courthouse named for him that will serve the District in Yuma, Arizona ( as stated, where court is now held ) has had ground broken for a 2013 completion date.

In April 2012 Richey agreed to plead guilty to a retaliation charge in exchange for prosecutors dropping a charge that he broke a protection order when he called the Putnam County courthouse in Ottawa on December 31, 2011.

In a unanimous opinion issued March 15, 2011, that reverses the three-judge panel's May 2010 ruling, the entire U. S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals held that an Orange County courthouse lockup is an " institution " under the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act, meaning a Muslim woman who sued after being forced to remove her headscarf in front of strange men is entitled to the act's protections.

In January 2011, he pled guilty to the charges in a New York courthouse, facing a possible ten years in prison.

Since September 3, 2011, the courts are now located in the 1911 Harris County courthouse.

On September 14, 2011, True Master was arrested at his Harlem apartment for escaping from a New York courthouse after being arraigned on charges of sexual assault.

He can be seen outside the courthouse, holding a camera at 16 minutes into the film.

The film ends with Bud going up the steps of the courthouse to face justice for his crimes, albeit now with a clear conscience.

Apart from two of the jurors swapping names while leaving the courthouse, no names are used in the film: the defendant is referred to as " the boy " and the witnesses as the " old man " and " the lady across the street ".

The interior of the courthouse was used as a reference for the film version of the book, and it is the venue for the later acts of the amateur production.

In 1961 the historic courthouse downtown was used to film the courtroom scene of " Follow that Dream " featuring Elvis Presley.

A fictional version of its courthouse and rural countryside are also featured in director Ali Selim's 2006 independent film Sweet Land, a love story revolving around a German immigrant's settlement in rural Becker County, Minnesota in the aftermath of World War I.

In the opening scene in the courthouse, Juliette Binoche, playing Julie from Blue, briefly enters the courtroom by accident, as she had been seen doing in the earlier film.

* In the 1947 film Miracle on 34th Street, two mail sorters handle a letter addressed to " Kris Kringle " at the New York City courthouse, and decide to deliver all the Santa Claus mail now in the dead letter office to the courthouse, where a man calling himself Kris Kringle is facing a mental competency hearing.

* The Town Castle, in front of the rear view of the courthouse, was used in the film " Braveheart " and is the largest Norman Castle in Europe.

The film has as its basis the murder case involving William " Duff " Armstrong, which took place in 1858 at the courthouse in Beardstown, Illinois -- the only courthouse where Lincoln practiced law that is still in use.

In the film, Nitti is thrown off a Chicago courthouse roof by Ness ( Kevin Costner ), an event which never happened in real life.

The series was the first ever to be allowed to film inside the historic Old Bailey courthouse.

Veterans Memorial at Real County courthouse

Whoever it was had meant to shut him up in here, had followed him and waited till the courthouse and square were deserted.

Alcott was one of several who attempted to storm the courthouse ; when gunshots were heard, he was the only one who stood his ground, though the effort was unsuccessful.

A few blocks away on Greenwood Avenue, members of the black community were gathering to discuss the situation at the courthouse.

Small groups of armed black men began to venture toward the courthouse in automobiles, partly for reconnaissance, and to demonstrate they were prepared to take necessary action to protect Rowland.

In Greenwood, rumors began to fly — in particular, a false report that whites were storming the courthouse.

Several groups were deployed downtown to set up guard at the courthouse, police station, and other public facilities.

By 10 P. M., about 1, 500 white men, some of whom were armed, gathered at the intersection of Sixth and Boulder, adjacent to the courthouse.

Once an event known as the Westminster massacre, anti-Yorkers occupied the courthouse in Westminster to prevent a New York judge from holding court, and two men were killed in standoff.

The judges were implicated by another county judge who was being investigated as part of an FBI probe of events at the courthouse in Wilkes-Barre and corruption generally in the county.

On March 6, 1978, during a legal battle ( see below ) related to obscenity in Gwinnett County, Georgia, Flynt and his local lawyer, Gene Reeves, Jr., were shot by a sniper in an ambush near the county courthouse in Lawrenceville.

The Amador County Courthouse consists of two buildings, the second courthouse ( built 1864 ) and the Hall of Records ( 1893 ), that were enclosed and combined in 1939 with an Art Deco exterior.

Courthouse fires occurred in 1848 and 1965, the courthouse records were largely saved in both instances.

Rockbridge County was formed during an act of assembly intended to reduce the amount of travel to the nearest courthouse, and to ensure trials were held fairly, and among friends rather than strangers.

It intersects with Gallows Road, which today is a major commuter route, but at the time was the road where condemned prisoners were led to the gallows at the old courthouse.

A fire destroyed the courthouse ( designed by Thomas Jefferson ) in 1869 and most of the early records of this county were lost.

The public school and post office in Kermit were in the courthouse from 1924 through 1926 to serve the few residents who remained in the area.

The second floor of the courthouse was made into a school, and six school districts were organized for the county in 1858.

The courthouse and jail in Selmer were his base of operations.

Early historical records of the county were destroyed by a courthouse fire on August 14, 1872.

The county seat designation and courthouse were located here from 1851 to 1913, but the county seat subsequently moved to Sylva.

The courthouse was afterwards the scene of the " treason trials ," wherein suspected Loyalists were put on trial for having allegedly aided the British during the Salem Raid.

Until 1972, the county courthouse and other offices were located in downtown Woodsville, a larger village within the town of Haverhill.

The records in the new courthouse were stolen in 1866 and in 1892 the courthouse burned again.

The historic courthouse was begun in mid-summer of 1860, used as a Union hospital during the American Civil War and served as the courthouse until February 1994, at which time all county offices were relocated in the new Phelps County Courthouse.