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The popularity of gavels has begun to unravel.
The Boston Herald
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July 12, 1998|
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Q: My cousins are all crooks, so I spend a lot of time sitting in courtrooms. The other day, during a particularly boring closing argument, I spotted the judge's gavel and got to wondering about how that custom got started. When and where did judges begin using gavels?
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