George Augustus Sanderson (July 1, 1863 – June 11, 1932) was an American jurist who was an associate justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court from 1924 until his death in 1932.
His father, George W. Sanderson, was a state legislator and clerk of the 1st District Court of Northern Middlesex.
[9] Richeson pleaded guilty before the trial began and Sanderson, who had no other alternatives, sentenced him to death.
[10] In 1919, Sanderson presided over the fish trust cases, which saw 17 prominent businessmen receive jail sentences and heavy fines for creating a monopoly and conspiring to raise prices in a time of war.
He suffered a sudden heart attack following an operation at New England Deaconess Hospital.