BOSTON — It may be impossible to conclude with certainty but the folks over at the Supreme Judicial Court offices in Boston say they have "credible information" to identify Judge Lemuel Shaw as the unnamed justice depicted in a mystery portrait hanging outside the chambers of SJC Chief Justice Ralph Gants.Gants sought the public's help seven weeks ago in identifying the justice and received 42 "informed guesses." The top guess was Shaw, who was born in Barnstable in 1781 when [...]
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