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Sep. 16, 2013

William Jefferson Powell IV

William Jefferson Powell IV once considered a film career but now finds interesting scenes in trials.

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By Blake Edwards

Daily Journal Staff Writer

SAN BERNARDINO - In 1934, William Powell starred alongside Myrna Loy in "The Thin Man," a classic comedy-mystery film based on Dashiell Hammet's novel of the same name about a retired detective who investigates a murder with his wife.

Judge William Jefferson Powell IV, 43 and a seven-year veteran of the San Bernardino County Superior Court, said people sometimes notice that, thanks to "The Th... (continued)

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