Francis J. Heney
(1859-1937)
U.S. District Attorney and prosecutor of the Oregon Land Fraud trials and the San Francisco graft trials
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Francis Joseph "Frank" Heney (March 17, 1859 – October 31, 1937) was a lawyer, judge, and politician. Heney is known for killing an opposing plaintiff in self-defense and for being shot in the head by a prospective juror during the San Francisco graft trials. In 1891, while an attorney in Tucson, Arizona Territory, he defended the abused wife of John C. Handy. Handy attacked Heney, who shot and killed Handy. Heney later served as Attorney General of the Arizona Territory between 1893 and 1895. He was the chief prosecutor of the Oregon Land Fraud scandal from 1904 to 1910 and served as US District Attorney for the District of Oregon, from January 9 to December 3, 1905. He prosecuted corrupt San Francisco politicians, from 1906 to 1908.
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17 March 1859 Santa Monica, California
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31 October 1937 (aged 78) Santa Monica, California
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