Jean H. Norris

Jean Hortense Norris (born January 25, 1877 – died September 7, 1955) was an American judge, the first woman magistrate in New York City.

[2][3] Norris was part of the Tammany Hall political organization, working alongside judge George Washington Olvany.

[13][14] The Hofstadter Committee[15] found that Norris was working in collaboration with the police, falsifying court records and profiting from the sale of bail bonds.

"[20] This is exemplified by her decision to imprison dancer Mabel Hampton in Bedford Hills in 1924, who did not engage in prostitution and has described being framed in a setup by a police informant.

[20] In 1933, the former magistrate sued the producers of a play titled Four O'Clock, because it included a corrupt woman judge that she believed was a damaging reference to her own legal troubles.

[24] Jean Noonan married Thomas H. Norris in 1897, and was widowed when he died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, apparently by accident, in 1899.