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A new home for Justice

This statue of Lady Justice stood atop the DenverCounty Court House for 50 years. When thatstructure was razed in 1933, it caught theattention of Time magazines Christmas issue after ThePost ran a photo of workers lowering the statue,captioned, Justice expelled from her habitation of half acentury. A week later, the statue was lifted to the top ofThe Posts old Champa Street building, which bore thepapers motto: O Justice, when expelled from otherhabitations, make this thy dwelling place.
This statue of Lady Justice stood atop the DenverCounty Court House for 50 years. When thatstructure was razed in 1933, it caught theattention of Time magazines Christmas issue after ThePost ran a photo of workers lowering the statue,captioned, Justice expelled from her habitation of half acentury. A week later, the statue was lifted to the top ofThe Posts old Champa Street building, which bore thepapers motto: O Justice, when expelled from otherhabitations, make this thy dwelling place.
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