Herman E. Moore of Chicago, a federal judge appointed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt and confirmed by the U.S. Senate, took the oath of office on Aug. 10, 1939 as the U.S. District Judge of the U.S. Virgin Islands, taking his post on Sept. 14 that year. In 1944 he waived a jury trial and pronounced Harry Beatty not guilty of murder in the death of Andrew Thompson. (Photo from 1938 edition of Crisis Magazine)
