Moncrief Photograph Collection item#: 743 Previous Image | Next Image Title: Moncrief Collection photograph Author: Winfred Moncrief Publisher: MDAH Source: forms part of Moncrief Photograph Collection Date original created: 1968-05 Image Format Information Rights Management Caption: Sessums Trial, May 1968 Print Number: 747 Description: March 1968, Forrest County Circuit Court (Hattiesburg, Miss.) trial of Cecil V. Sessum for the January 1966 murder of Vernon Dahmer and the firebombing of his house and store. Bill Dukes, FBI agent and witness for the state. Index Terms: Dahmer, Vernon Ferdinand, 1908-1966 Dukes, William F., 1927- Hattiesburg (Miss.)--History Trials--Mississippi--Hattiesburg United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation