Gordon Stewart Northcott in courtroom during his murder trial, Riverside, 1929

Title: Gordon Stewart Northcott in courtroom during his murder trial, Riverside, 1929
Date Created: [between January 1, 1929-February 7, 1929]
Date: 1929-01-01/1929-02-07
Publisher: Los Angeles Times
Language: No linguistic content
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description: Gordon Stewart Northcott standing at the front of a courtroom during his murder trials. Northcott was accused of kidnapping, molesting, torturing, and brutally murdering three young boys and aiding in the murder of another in 1928, which his mother admitted to, and she received a life sentence in jail. Northcott was found guilty on all accounts and was executed by hanging on October 2, 1930 at the age of 23.
Caption: Text from negative sleeve: Eastman, George. Gordon Scoot ['Stewart' is written in below with an arrow to Scoot] Northcott murder case, 1928. nitrates.

Genre: cellulose nitrate film
news photographs
Names: Northcott, Gordon Stewart, 1906?-1930
Location: Riverside (Calif.)
Resource type: still image
Subjects: Judicial proceedings--California--Riverside
Serial murderers--California--Riverside

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local Identifier: uclamss_1429_2059
ARK: ark:/21198/zz002dczz0
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