Around 10 a.m., residents near the courthouse heard "consecutive noises that sounded like firecrackers" coming from the courthouse's old office building.

大约10点，法院大楼附近的居民听见像鞭炮一样的连续响声从旧办公楼里传来。

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The jury in Atlanta convicts a 36-year-old man of murder in a 2005-shooting spree in a courthouse.

亚特兰大陪审团宣布一名36岁男性谋杀罪名成立。该男子于2005年在法庭滥杀无辜。

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JOHNNY CASH: I walked through a county courthouse square On a park bench, an old man was sitting there.

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Then, showing left to right: Hall of Records Building, old Courthouse, and new Courthouse.

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The Old Courthouse, where Dred Scott sued in vain for his freedom in 1847, still stands.

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The 190-year-old courthouse was earmarked for closure in December 2010 when the government announced that it would shut 93 magistrates' courts.

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