Louis Piquett was an American lawyer notable for defending John Dillinger.
13 Facts About Louis Piquett
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Louis Piquett was a prosecutor for the city of Chicago.
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Louis Piquett is depicted by Peter Gerety in the 2009 movie Public Enemies.
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Louis Piquett was indicted in 1923 on corruption charges, which were subsequently dropped.
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Louis Piquett won a decision from the circuit court which stated that the films were neither immoral nor obscene, and enjoined the police from interfering with their exhibition.
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In 1931, Louis Piquett unsuccessfully defended Leo Vincent Brothers against charges of murdering Chicago Tribune reporter Jake Lingle.
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Louis Piquett successfully argued that Dillinger should be allowed to appear in court free of shackles and without armed guards present.
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In January 1935, Louis Piquett was charged with harboring the fugitive Dillinger and of conspiring with a number of others, including two doctors, to hide Dillinger while he underwent plastic surgery.
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Louis Piquett was acquitted after less than four hours of deliberation.
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Louis Piquett appealed his sentence all the way up to the Supreme Court of the United States, which denied certiorari in 1936.
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Louis Piquett was pardoned for this crime in 1951 by President Harry Truman.
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Louis Piquett then had a successful stint as a professional boxer, using the prize money to open a cigar shop on Market Street in San Francisco.
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Louis Piquett is buried in Hillside cemetery in Platteville, Wisconsin.